1 Samuel 24:20

I know well, or, am convinced, not only by the fame of Samuel's anointing thee, but by God's singular providence watching over thee, and by that good Spirit and those great and princely virtues wherewith God hath endowed thee.

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1 Samuel 20:30 ; 1 Samuel 20:31 ; 1 Samuel 23:17 ; 2 Samuel 3:17 ; 2 Samuel 3:18 ; Job 15:25 ; Matthew 2:13 ; Matthew 2:16 ; Matthew 2:3-6

²⁰ And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 24:20

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:20