KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Samuel 24:20–22
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1 Samuel 24:20
20And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
20And now behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be King, and that the kingdome of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
1 Samuel 24:21
21Swear 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.
21Sweare now therefore vnto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seede after mee, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my fathers house.
1 Samuel 24:22
22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
22And Dauid sware vnto Saul, and Saul went home: but Dauid and his men gate them vp vnto the holde.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 24:20
To look upon or see; as an interjection, look or take notice.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
In a good, right, or healthy manner or condition; also a deep source of water, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Certainly, truly, firmly, or without doubt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A sovereign ruler; one who reigns over a people or realm.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A realm, dominion, government, or people under a king; also the reign or sovereign rule of a king.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called in Scripture.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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established
Set firmly, founded, made stable, ordained, ratified, or confirmed in the matter spoken of.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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1 Samuel 24:21
To make a solemn oath or bind by an oath.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To will, choose, intend, or be disposed to; as an auxiliary, indicates future action.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument; figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To ruin, demolish, kill, consume, or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A word or appellation by which a person or thing is known; also reputation, character, authority, remembrance, or the person represented, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A building or dwelling; the people of a household or family; a lineage or family line; as a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
1 Samuel 24:22
Swore; made a solemn oath or declared with an oath.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One's dwelling or native place; toward or at that place.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To grasp, keep, possess, restrain, maintain, regard, or account, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study17And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
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Open the full verse study17¶ And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
18Now then do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
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Open the full verse study3When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judæa: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
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Open the full verse study14But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.
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Open the full verse study30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
31For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
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Open the full verse study25For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
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Open the full verse study13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
From verse 21
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Open the full verse study23Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
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Open the full verse study6Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
7But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
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Open the full verse study14And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not:
15But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David’s enemies.
17And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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Open the full verse study48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
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Open the full verse study53The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
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Open the full verse study16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
From verse 22
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Open the full verse study29¶ And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.
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Open the full verse study24But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
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Open the full verse study16¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
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Open the full verse study24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
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