1 Samuel 24:22

1 Samuel 24:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
• New International Version (NIV)So David gave his oath to Saul. Then Saul returned home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And David swore this to Saul. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So David swore to Saul. And Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

Context of 1 Samuel 24:22

20And now I realize that you are surely going to be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will flourish under your rule. 21Now swear to me by the Lord that when that happens you will not kill my family and destroy my line of descendants!” So David promised this to Saul with an oath. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went back to their stronghold.

1 Samuel 24:22 word by word

וַיִּשָּׁבַ֥ע דָּוִ֖ד לְשָׁא֑וּל וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ וְדָוִד֙ וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו עָל֖וּ עַל־הַמְּצוּדָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• swareשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• unto Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• homeבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
• and his menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• gat them upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• unto the holdמְצוּדָהmâtsûd metsûdâh metsûdâh · fortressH4686

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 24:22

• Proverbs 26:24People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they’re deceiving you.
• Matthew 10:16“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
• John 2:24But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew all about people.
• 1 Samuel 23:29David then went to live in the strongholds of En-gedi.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 24:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22Saul went home - Confounded at a sense of his own baseness, and overwhelmed with a sense of David's generosity. David and his men gat them up unto the hold - Went up to Mizpeh, according to the Syriac and Arabic. David could not trust Saul with his life; the utmost he could expect from him was that he should cease from persecuting him; but even this was too much to expect from a man of such a character as Saul. He was no longer under the Divine guidance…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22Saul does not appear to have invited David to return to Gibeah, or to have given him any security of doing so with safety. David, with his intuitive sagacity, perceived that the softening of Saul‘s feelings was only momentary, and that the situation remained unchanged.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-22Verses 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 made good to David that word on which he had caused him to hope, that he would bring forth his righteousness as the light, Psa 37:6. Those who take care to keep a good conscience, may leave it to God to secure them the credit of it. Sooner or later, God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22swear 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).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 24:22

• Oath
• Saul

In the dictionaries

• David
• Saul
• Paul, Saul
• Hold
• Reward
• Flea
• Samuel, Books of

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings