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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 ...
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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 -...
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EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a`._ App-44....
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_such a son of Belial_ SUCH AN EVIL MAN. See on 1 Samuel 1:16. So
wilful and obstinate that his servants dared not try to reason with
him, but appealed to Abigail instead....
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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 sa
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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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_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 ON THEM._
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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A SON OF BELIAL. — Belial was not a proper name, though it
subsequently came to be considered one. It signifies simply
worthlessness; here a “son of Belial” is an expression for a bad,
worthless fello...
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וְ עַתָּ֗ה דְּעִ֤י וּ רְאִי֙ מַֽה
־תַּעֲשִׂ֔י
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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 RICH MAN'S CHURLISHNESS
1 Samuel 25:2
This Carmel was a city in the mountains of Judah, ten miles south of
Hebron. See Joshua 15:55. Though a descendant of Caleb, Nabal had none
of that hero's spir...
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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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_Determined, and as if it had already taken place, chap. xx. 7._...
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(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 on them. (15) But the men were very good unto...
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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 THEREFORE KNOW AND CONSIDER WHAT THOU WILT DO,.... For the
preservation of her family:
FOR EVIL IS DETERMINED AGAINST OUR MASTER, AND AGAINST ALL HIS
HOUSEHOLD; which he concluded, either from so...
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Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is
determined against our master, and against all his household: for he
[is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.
Ver. 1...
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_But one of the young men told Abigail_, &c. One of those belonging to
Nabal. Who can help admiring the wisdom and fidelity of this shepherd,
who admonished his mistress of the danger her family was i...
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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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Now, therefore, know and consider what thou wilt do, Abigail was to
find some way to avert a probable calamity; FOR EVIL IS DETERMINED
AGAINST OUR MASTER AND AGAINST ALL HIS HOUSEHOLD, this they might...
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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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12-17 God is kind to the evil and unthankful, and why may not we be
so? David determined to destroy Nabal, and all that belonged to him.
Is this thy voice, O David? Has he been so long in the school...
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1 Samuel 25:17 know H3045 (H8798) consider H7200 (H8798) do H6213
(H8799) harm H7451 determined H3615 ...
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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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DAVID'S REACTION.
Humanly speaking David's reaction was inevitable. What Nabal had said
was deliberately insulting, contrary to custom and an act of open
hostility. It was a refusal to accept the norm...
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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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_For he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him._
THE BAD-TEMPERED MAN
In this chapter you find a perfect picture of a choleric, bad-tempered
man. There is a saying “that the worst te...
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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. “CARMEL...
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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 Kings 21:10; 1 Kings 21:13; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Samuel 20:32;...
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Can not speak — But he flies into a passion....