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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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BLESSING. present.
BROUGHT. Verb is masculine; and is so when women act in masculine way,
and feminine when men act in feminine way....
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Abigail's meeting with David
23. _lighted off the ass_ i.e. got down from, an old form of
_alighted_. The Heb. word is different from that similarly translated
in Joshua 15:18, and simply means "to d...
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WHEN ABIGAIL SAW DAVID, &C.— Abigail was a woman of distinguished
merit. She had the advantage of a beautiful person, set off by an
excellent understanding, a graceful address, and uncommon prudence;...
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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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_AND NOW THIS BLESSING WHICH THINE HANDMAID HATH BROUGHT UNTO MY LORD,
LET IT EVEN BE GIVEN UNTO THE YOUNG MEN THAT FOLLOW MY LORD._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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THIS BLESSING. — That is to say, _gift._ Of this Abigail makes
little account — it was simply an expression of her homage and good
will. It was not intended, of course, for David, but for his company;...
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וְ עַתָּה֙ הַ בְּרָכָ֣ה הַ זֹּ֔את
אֲשֶׁר ־הֵבִ֥יא שִׁפְחָתְךָ֖ לַֽ
אדֹנִ֑י וְ נִתְּנָה֙ לַ...
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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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_Blessing, or present. (Menochius) See 2 Corinthians ix. 5. (Calmet)_...
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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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AND NOW THIS BLESSING, WHICH THINE HANDMAID HATH BROUGHT UNTO MY
LORD,.... The present, consisting of the things mentioned in
1 Samuel 25:18; which came as a blessing from God, and with good will
fro...
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And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord,
let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
Ver. 27. _And now this blessing,_] _i.e., _ This present, the fruit...
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_Now this blessing_ That is, this present or gift. The same phrase is
used, 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Kings 5:15. A present is termed a _blessing_,
not only because the matter of it comes from God's blessing,...
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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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BLESSING:
Or, present
FOLLOW:
_ Heb._ walk at the feet of etc....
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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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THIS BLESSING; so a gift or present is called here, and GENESIS 33:11,
and elsewhere; not only because the matter of it comes from God's
blessing, but also because it is given with a blessing, or with...
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1 Samuel 25:27 present H1293 maidservant H8198 brought H935 (H8689)
lord H113 given H5414 (H8738) men H5288 follow H1980 (H8693) H7272
lord H113
blessing - or, present, 1 Samuel 30:26; Genesis 33:11;...
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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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 25:23 ABIGAIL warns David not to shed
innocent blood. It would not be good for the future king to have
killed fellow Israelites. He must let God remove his enemies, not take...
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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 Samuel 25:42; 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Corinthians 9:5; 2 Kings 5:15; 2
Samuel 16:2; Genesis 33:11; Judges 4:10...
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Blessing — So a gift or present is called here, and elsewhere; not
only because the matter of it comes from God's blessing; but also
because it is given with a blessing, or with a good will. Unto the...