"For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall."
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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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David's favourable answer
32. _Blessed be the Lord_ David rightly recognises that the
intervention of Providence has saved him from a foolish and wicked
revenge. Compare his prayer in Psalms 19:13. T...
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DAVID SAID TO ABIGAIL, BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD— The finest spirits
are soonest kindled into a flame; and to see them quickly cooled and
calmed again upon the first shew of submission, by the first gle...
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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 BLESSED BE THY ADVICE, AND BLESSED BE THOU, WHICH HAST KEPT ME
THIS DAY FROM COMING TO SHED BLOOD, AND FROM AVENGING MYSELF WITH MINE
OWN HAND._
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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וְ אוּלָ֗ם חַי ־יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר מְנָעַ֔נִי מֵ
הָרַ֖ע אֹתָ֑ךְ כִּ֣י ׀ לוּלֵ֣י
מִהַ֗רְתְּ
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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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THE END OF SELFISH INDULGENCE
1 Samuel 25:32
The lowly obeisance of this beautiful woman at the young soldier's
feet, her frank confession of the injustice done him, her thankfulness
that he had bee...
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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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For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, (p) which hath
kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to
meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morn...
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(32) В¶ And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of
Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: (33) And blessed be thy
advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming...
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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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FOR IN VERY DEED, [AS] THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL LIVETH,.... An oath for
the confirmation of what he was about to say:
WHICH HATH KEPT ME BACK FROM HURTING THEE: from doing any ill to her
family, as he...
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For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept
me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet
me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning...
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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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32-39 David gives God thanks for sending him this happy check in a
sinful way. Whoever meet us with counsel, direction, comfort, caution,
or seasonable reproof, we must see God sending them. We ought...
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HATH KEPT ME BACK FROM HURTING THEE; not that he intended to kill her,
but the males only; as was noted in 1 SAMUEL 25:22. But their
destruction was a dreadful affliction and damage to her....
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1 Samuel 25:34 indeed H199 LORD H3068 God H430 Israel H3478 lives
H2416 back H4513 (H8804) hurting H7489 (H8687) unless H3884 hastened
H4116 (H8765) come H935 (H8799) meet H7125 (H8800) morning H1242...
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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 25:32 For David to give up taking
vengeance meant breaking the vow he made in v. 1 Samuel 25:22. If one
vows to sin, however, it is better to break the vow than to commit the...
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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 11:11; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Samuel 25:22; 1 Samuel 25:26; Joshua
10:6; Joshua 10:9...