Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
Swear now ... - The same request which Jonathan made 1Sa 20:15. The deep, genealogical feeling of the Israelites breaks out here as so often elsewhere.
Adam Clarke
Swear now - Saul knew that an oath would bind David, though it was insufficient to bind himself; see Sa1 19:6. He had sworn to his son Jonathan that David should not be slain; and yet sought by all…
Here we have,
I. Saul's penitent reply to David's speech. It was strange that he had patience to hear him out, considering how outrageous he was against him, and how cutting David's discourse was. But…
Cambridge Bible
Swear now, &c] Saul pledges his successor not to follow the barbarous Oriental custom. See on 1Sa 20:14.
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