17. and said:David, you're a better person than I am. You treated me with kindness, even though I've been cruel to you.
18. You've told me how you were kind enough not to kill me when the Lord gave you the chance.
19. If you really were my enemy, you wouldn't have let me leave here alive. I pray that the Lord will give you a big reward for what you did today.
20. I realize now that you will be the next king, and a powerful king at that.
21. Promise me with the Lord as your witness, that you won't wipe out my descendants. Let them live to keep my family name alive.
22. So David promised, and Saul went home. David and his men returned to their hideout.