Now I know for sure that you will be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hands.
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 God restrained him and his men; and we may suppose Saul struck with amazement at the singularity of the event, and much more when he found how much he had lain at David's mercy.
Commenting on 1 Samuel 24:16-22
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king,.... Not merely by the common report, that he was anointed by Samuel, to which yet he might give credit; but by the providence of God prospering and preserving him, and by his princely spirit and behaviour, and by calling to mind what Samuel had said to him, that his kingdom should be given...
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. (g) Though this tyrant saw and confessed the favour of God toward David, yet he did not cease to persecute him against his own conscience.