1 Samuel 24:21

Contextual Overview

¹⁶When David finished saying these things to him, Saul replied, “Is that your voice, David my son?” Then Saul wept aloud ¹⁶ It came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Sha'ul, that Sha'ul said, Is this your voice, my son David? Sha'ul lifted up his voice, and wept. 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 up his voice, and wept. ¹⁶ When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. ¹⁶ As soon as David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. ¹⁶ When David finished saying these words, Saul asked, "Is that your voice, David my son?" And he cried loudly. ¹⁶ When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" Then Saul wept loudly. ¹⁶When David had finished saying these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Then Saul raised his voice and wept. ¹⁶ When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Then Saul raised his voice and wept. ¹⁶ Whe Dauid had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul sayd, Is this thy voyce, my sonne Dauid? & Saul lift vp his voice, & wept,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Swear: 1 Samuel 20:14-17, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 31:48, Genesis 31:53, Hebrews 6:16

that thou: 2 Samuel 21:6-8

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Joshua 2:12 - that ye will 1 Samuel 20:15 - thou shalt

Cross-References

Genesis 24:1
Avraham was old, and well stricken in age. The LORD had blessed Avraham in all things.

Genesis 24:1
And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, advanced in age, and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in everything.

Genesis 24:1
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.

Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.

Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, [well] advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in every way.

Genesis 24:1
Nowe Abraham was olde, and striken in yeeres, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.

Genesis 24:1
Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in every way.

Genesis 24:1
Abraham was now a very old man. The Lord had made him rich, and he was successful in everything he did.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord,.... By the Word of the Lord, as the, Targum:

that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me; as was usually done in despotic governments in the eastern countries, and is at this day, when one is advanced to the throne of another, by whom issue is left, who may be rivals and competitors with him:

and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house; by cutting off his seed, the same thing in different words repeated, for the confirmation of it; children bear the names of their fathers, and by them their memory is perpetuated, and cutting off them is destroying the name of their parents.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Swear now ... - The same request which Jonathan made 1 Samuel 20:15. The deep, genealogical feeling of the Israelites breaks out here as so often elsewhere.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 24:21. Swear now — Saul knew that an oath would bind David, though it was insufficient to bind himself; see 1 Samuel 19:6. He had sworn to his son Jonathan that David should not be slain; and yet sought by all means in his power to destroy him!