1 Samuel 24:20

Modern

Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

Traditional

And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

Literal

And behold, I know that you shall surely reign, and the kingdom of Israel shall stand in your hand.

Latin

Et nunc quia scio quod certissime regnaturus sis, et habiturus in manu tua regnum Israël:

Hebrew

English

Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.

I know for sure that you will be king: This was Saul's first open admission of the truth (compare 1 Samuel 23:17).

Theme notes and profiles

1 Samuel 23:17
…saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
Matthew 2:3–6
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
2 Samuel 3:17–18
Now Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, “In the past you sought David as your king.
Job 15:25
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
1 Samuel 13:14
But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
Matthew 2:13
When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
Matthew 2:16
When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
1 Samuel 20:30–31
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes