World English Bible
1 Samuel 23:17
“He said to him, "Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 23
15
David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
16
Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
17
He said to him, "Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
18
They both made a covenant before Yahweh: and David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.
19
Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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