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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

1 Samuel 24:20

And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. This conclusion was forced upon Saul by the evident protection of the Lord which David enjoyed, and he still remembered what Samuel had told him regarding his own rejection.

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See also 1 Samuel 24:20 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Samuel 24:20. _I KNOW WELL THAT THOU SHALT SURELY BE KING_] Hebrew, _Reigning, thou shalt reign_. He knew this before; and yet he continued to pursue him with the most deadly hatred....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 24 _ 1. In the wilderness of En-gedi (1 Samuel 24:1)_ 2. David's words to Saul (1 Samuel 24:9) 3. Saul's answer to David (1 Samuel 24:16) Saul continues in the pursuit of David and w

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 SAMUEL 24. DAVID SPARES SAUL AT ENGEDI (E). Chs. 24 and 26 give two versions of the same story, located at different places. Probably both versions are early. It is not clear which is the earlier, b...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I know well_, &c. See note on 1 Samuel 28:9. And yet, knowing the Will of God, he resists it! _the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand_ A sad echo of Samuel's words to himself, "But...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Saul's momentary remorse 16. _my son David_ The old fatherly feeling revived. The generous loving heart of the old days had not yet utterly perished....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I KNOW WELL THAT THOU SHALT SURELY BE KING— He knew this, says St. Chrysostom, from David's manners, from his kingly virtues, as well as his uncommon success; but, above all, he knew his divine design...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Saul Accepts David's Plea._ 1 Samuel 24:16-22 16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, _Is_ this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE AT ENGEDI We have a similar incident narrated in 1 Samuel 26, and some critics hold that the two are merely varying accounts of the same event. But it. is to be noticed that...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISRAEL’S FIRST KING 1 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 24 DAVID REFUSES TO KILL SAUL V1 When Saul had finished fighting the *Philistines he returned home. Someone told him that David was in the de...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND NOW, BEHOLD, I KNOW WELL THAT THOU SHALT SURELY BE KING. — Clericus (in _Lange_) says: “From this great magnanimity of David, Saul concluded that a man who was much superior in soul to kings could...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[1 Samuel 24:21]_ וְ עַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXXI. _ DAVID TWICE SPARES THE LIFE OF SAUL._ 1 Samuel 24:1; 1 Samuel 26:1. THE invasion of the Philistines had freed David from the fear of Saul for a time, but only for a time. He knew ful...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    KINDNESS WAKENS A BETTER SPIRIT 1 Samuel 24:16; 1 Samuel 25:1 David's noble self-restraint, followed as it was by no less noble words, awoke the best side of Saul's nature. Chords began to vibrate th...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At last Saul was in David's power. It would have been perfectly easy for him to have taken his life. He did not do so, but, withholding his hand, uttered a strong protest against Saul's persecution. T...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And now, behold, I (g) know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. (g) Though this tyrant saw and confessed the favour of God toward D...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (16) В¶ And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. (17) And he said to...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    "And David went up and dwelt in the strongholds of Engedi." Saul pursues him thither, after following the Philistines, more occupied with his jealousy of the king whom God had chosen than with the ene...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND NOW, BEHOLD, I KNOW WELL THAT THOU SHALT SURELY BE KING,.... Not merely by the common report, that he was anointed by Samuel, to which yet he might give credit; but by the providence of God prospe...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. Ver. 20. _And now, behold, I know well._] How knew he this? _Nimirum ex...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And now I know well that thou shalt surely be king_ These wonderful dispensations of Divine Providence over David, and David's no less wonderful virtue, at last convinced Saul that God designed him t...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Dauid in a caue at Engedi, hauing cut off Sauls skirt, spareth his life. 8 Hee sheweth thereby his innocencie. 16 Saul acknowledging his fault, taketh an oath of Dauid, and departeth. 1 AND it ca...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Having 600 men with him, David could not easily be hidden, and Saul gets the report of his being in the wilderness of En-gedi. Not being exactly a brave man himself, Saul required 3000 chosen men of I...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    16-22 Saul speaks as quite overcome with David's kindness. Many mourn for their sins, who do not truly repent of them; weep bitterly for them, yet continue in love and in league with them. Now God ma...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    I KNOW WELL, or, am convinced, not only by the fame of Samuel's anointing thee, but by God's singular providence watching over thee, and by that good Spirit and those great and princely virtues wherew...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Samuel 24:20 know H3045 (H8804) surely H4427 (H8800) king H4427 (H8799) kingdom H4467 Israel H3478 established

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID REVEALS HIMSELF TO SAUL AND DEMONSTRATES THAT HE HAS PROVED BY HIS RESTRAINT IN NOT KILLING HIM THAT HE IS TOTALLY LOYAL TO HIM (1 SAMUEL 24:8). Once Saul had left the cave David boldly revealed...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David's mercy to Saul in En-gedi. CHARACTERS: God, David, Saul. CONCLUSION: Be not overcome of evil but overcome evil with good. KEY WORD: Mercy (dealt well), 1 Samuel 24:18. STRONG VERSE...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Samuel 24:1. _En-gedi_ was adjacent to the dead sea. Strabo, speaking of the caverns in Syria and Iturea, says, there is one which will hold four thousand men. _Lib. 16._ 1 Samuel 24:3. _Saul went i...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Where was a cave and Saul went in _. .. _ and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave._ SAUL AND DAVID IN THE CAVE Saul’s animosity is a fire that finds constant fuel. No sooner are the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 24:1 The three episodes in the next three chapters all have the same theme: David, who as a warrior has already killed many of the Lord’s enemies, should not kill for his own...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 24:20 I KNOW THAT YOU SHALL SURELY BE KING. As with the reconciliation in 1 Samuel 19:7, this one will be temporary....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 24:16. “AND SAUL LIFTED UP HIS VOICE.” “There is no hypocrisy or pretence here. Saul, tossed powerless hither and thither by fierce passions and without harmony...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    DAVID IN THE WILDERNESS OF ENGEDI (1Sa 23:29 -35-24). EXPOSITION DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE IN A CAVE (1 Samuel 24:1)....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now it came to pass, when Saul was returned from the Philistines, they told him, David's in Engedi. So Saul took three thousand of his chosen men out of all of Israel, they went to seek David and his...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 20:30; 1 Samuel 20:31; 1 Samuel 23:17; 2 Samuel 3:17;...

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