1 Samuel 24:21

Translations

Modern

So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

Traditional

Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.

Literal

And now, swear to me by YHWH that you will not cut off my seed after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

Latin

…jura mihi in Domino, ne deleas semen meum post me, neque auferas nomen meum de domo patris mei.

Original

Hebrew

English

So now, swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants or wipe out my name from my father’s house.”

Notes

1 Samuel 24:21–22

swear to me … you will not cut off my descendants: Having descendants was a way that Saul’s name would endure among the living. David had already sworn such an oath with Jonathan (1 Samuel 20:14–17).

Theme notes and profiles

David Saul David's Response to Unfriendly Leaders

Events

Reign of Saul

Related verses

Genesis 21:23
Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”
2 Samuel 21:6–8
…let seven of his male descendants be delivered to us so that we may hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
1 Samuel 20:14–17
And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Genesis 31:48
Then Laban declared, “This mound is a witness between you and me this day.” Therefore the place was called Galeed.
Hebrews 6:16
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.

Glossary

David John the Baptist Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Oath: David Swears to Saul Saul: King of Israel: Saul's Contrition for his Bad Faith

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