"So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person."
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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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ACCEPTED THY PERSON. uplifted thy face....
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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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_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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וַ יִּקַּ֤ח דָּוִד֙ מִ יָּדָ֔הּ אֵ֥ת
אֲשֶׁר ־הֵבִ֖יאָה לֹ֑ו וְ לָ֣הּ
אָמַ֗ר עֲלִ֤י לְ...
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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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_Face. I have been pleased with thy coming, and granted thy request.
(Haydock) --- David had sworn with too much haste. (Calmet) --- "It is
sometimes wrong to perform what has been promised, and to ke...
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(35) So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and
said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to
thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
How delightful t...
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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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SO DAVID RECEIVED OF HER HAND [THAT] WHICH SHE HAD BROUGHT HIM,....
Her present, 1 Samuel 25:18; and which he kindly took for his own use,
as well as for his men; for it was a present for a prince:
A...
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So David received of her hand [that] which she had brought him, and
said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to
thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
Ver. 35. _See, I ha...
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_I have accepted thy person_ That is, showed my acceptance of thy
person by my grant of thy request. _Behold, he held a feast_ As the
manner was upon those solemn occasions. Sordid covetousness and va...
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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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i.e. Showed my acceptance of thy person, by my grant of thy request:
see GENESIS 19:21....
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1 Samuel 25:35 David H1732 received H3947 (H8799) hand H3027 brought
H935 (H8689) said H559 (H8804) up H5927 (H8798) peace H7965 house
H1004 See H7200 (H8798) heeded H8085 (H8804) voice H6963 respecte...
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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 20:42; 2 Kings 5:19; 2 Samuel 15:9; Genesis 19:21; Job 34:19;
Luke 7:50; Luke 8:48...
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Accepted — That is, shewed my acceptance of thy person, by my grant
of thy request....