1 Samuel 24:17-21
1 Samuel 24:17
And he said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt maliciously with you.
1 Samuel 24:18
You have declared today that you have done good to me, that the Lord handed me over to you and yet you did not kill me.
1 Samuel 24:19
Though if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? May the Lord therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day.
1 Samuel 24:20
Now, behold, I know that you will certainly be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
1 Samuel 24:21
So now swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not eliminate my name from my father’s household.”