"Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good."
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IN VAIN - i. e., under false expectation....
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CHAPTER 25
_ 1. The death of Samuel (1 Samuel 25:1)_
2. Nabal and his refusal (1 Samuel 25:2)
3. Abigail's deed and her prayer (1 Samuel 25:14)
4. David's answer to Abigail (1 Samuel 25:32)
5. Na...
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1 SAMUEL 25:1 A. (TO RAMAH). DEATH AND BURIAL OF SAMUEL. (An editorial
addition.)
1 SAMUEL 25:1. IN HIS HOUSE: in the grounds belonging to it.
1 SAMUEL 25:1 B - 1 SAMUEL 25:44. DAVID, NABAL AND ABI...
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Abigail's wise counsel
14. _to salute_ Lit. _to bless_, as in ch. 1 Samuel 13:10. Cp. 2 Kings
4:29, and the form of salutation in 1 Samuel 15:13.
_he railed on them_ Lit. FLEW UPON THEM; the same wo...
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_Abigail Appeals to David._ 1 Samuel 25:14-38
14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying,
Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our
master; and he railed o...
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_NOW DAVID HAD SAID, SURELY IN VAIN HAVE I KEPT ALL THAT THIS FELLOW
HATH IN THE WILDERNESS, SO THAT NOTHING WAS MISSED OF ALL THAT
PERTAINED UNTO HIM: AND HE HATH REQUITED ME EVIL FOR GOOD._
Now Dav...
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DEATH OF SAMUEL. THE INCIDENT OF NABAL. DAVID AND ABIGAIL
1. Paran] That part of the desert between Sinai and Palestine which
bordered on Judah....
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ISRAEL’S FIRST KING
1 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 25
SAMUEL THE *PROPHET DIES
V1 Samuel died. All the *Israelites met together and were very sad.
Then they buried Samuel in his home town of Ra...
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NOW DAVID HAD SAID. — This verse and the following (22nd) must be
understood as a kind of parenthesis in the narrative. They express
what David felt, and, as it were, his justification in his own mind...
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וְ דָוִ֣ד אָמַ֗ר אַךְ֩ לַ † שֶּׁ֨קֶר
שָׁמַ֜רְתִּי אֶֽת ־כָּל ־אֲשֶׁ֤ר לָ
זֶה֙ בַּ †...
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CHAPTER XXXII.
_ DAVID AND NABAL._
1 Samuel 25:1.
WE should be forming far too low an estimate of the character of the
people of Israel if we did not believe that they were very profoundly
moved by...
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A WISE WOMAN'S PLEA
1 Samuel 25:18
What a contrast between the sordid Nabal and his beautiful wife-as
lovely in disposition as in face! What a terrible trial for such a
woman to be united with a man...
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We now have the account of Samuel's death. Notwithstanding all
Israel's failure to realize his high ideals, it was impossible that
they should not recognize his greatness, and it is easy to believe
th...
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(18) В¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and
two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures
of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hund...
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We enter now on a portion of David's history sensibly different from
what we have already had, which closed with the efforts of Jonathan to
restore matters and to attach Saul to him at least openly. J...
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At length Samuel dies. This forms an epoch, because he who was the
true link between the people and God was gone. Israel acknowledged him
when dead, although they had despised him while living.
And no...
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NOW DAVID HAD SAID,.... When the messengers returned and told him how
they had been used by Nabal; or he "said" c, or was saying within
himself, or to his men, what follows, just as Abigail met him:...
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Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this [fellow]
hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that
[pertained] unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
Ver....
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_Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath_ Though David
justly thought he had no right to take any part of the flock of Nabal
by way of plunder; yet, when he and his men had taken the trou...
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1 Samuel dieth.
2 Dauid in Paran sendeth to Nabal.
10 Prouoked by Nabals churlishnesse, hee mindeth to destroy him.
14 Abigail vnderstanding thereof,
18 taketh a present,
23 and by her wisedome...
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Abigail's Tact and Prudence...
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David's moral victory over Saul and over his own natural instincts has
been most admirable. However, in this chapter we see him showing just
the opposite attitude. It seems hardly possible that this c...
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18-31 By a present Abigail atoned for Nabal's denial of David's
request. Her behaviour was very submissive. Yielding pacifies great
offences. She puts herself in the place of a penitent, and of a
pet...
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David had said; either in his journey, or as soon as he heard that
reproachful answer. THIS FELLOW; whom he thought unworthy to be named,
for his barbarous ingratitude and churlishness....
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1 SAMUEL 25:21 DAVID H1732 SAID H559 (H8804) VAIN H8267 PROTECTED
H8104 (H8804) THIS H2088 WILDERNESS H4057 NOTHING H3972 MISSED H6485
(H8738) REPAID H7725 (H8686) EVIL H7451 GOOD H2896
Surely - 1 Sa...
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ABIGAIL INFORMS NABAL OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND NABAL HAS A HEART
ATTACK AND DIES (1 SAMUEL 25:6 B).
On receiving news from Abigail about how close they had come to
disaster Nabal had a stroke and die...
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CONTENTS: Samuel's death; David and Nabal. Abigail becomes David's
wife, and also Ahinoam.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Samuel, Nabal, Abigail.
CONCLUSION: Let the believer be encouraged to commit his ca...
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1 Samuel 25:1. _Samuel died,_ four months, say the rabbins, before the
death of Saul. The elders of the nation from all the tribes attended,
to behold the glory of a setting sun, which left its lustre...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
1 Samuel 25:2. “MAON.” A city of Judah (Joshua 15:55), situated on
a hill now called _Tell Main_, about seven or eight miles south of
Hebron. It is now in ruins. “CARME...
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EXPOSITION
DEATH OF SAMUEL (1 Samuel 25:1).
1 SAMUEL 25:1
AND SAMUEL DIED. According to Josephus, Samuel had for eighteen years
been contemporaneous with Saul's kingdom. If this calculation, which
p...
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Now Samuel died; and all of the Israelites were gathered together, and
lamenting him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David
arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there wa...
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1 Peter 2:20; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 3:9; 1 Samuel 25:13;
1 Thessalonians 5:15; Ephesians 4:26; Ephesians 4:31; Genesis 44:4;...