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Verse 1 Samuel 25:7. _THY SHEPHERDS WHICH THERE WITH US, WE HURT THEM
NOT_] It is most evident that David had a _claim_ upon Nabal, for very
essential services performed to his herdmen at Carmel. He...
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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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_that thou hast shearers_ Sheep-shearing was and still is an occasion
of festivity. See 2 Samuel 13:23-24. David's message was not a demand
for black-mail. He had done Nabal real service, by protectin...
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Nabal's churlish behaviour to David
2. _a man in Maon_ Nabal's home was in the city of Maon, and his
possessions (or, HIS BUSINESS) about a mile to the north at Carmel.
These places are mentioned tog...
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AND DAVID SENT OUT, &C.— In this message of David to Nabal, which is
a fine picture of ancient and true politeness, there are three things
well worth our notice. _First,_ the direction: _To him that l...
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_Nabal's Shameful Treatment of David._ 1 Samuel 25:2-13
2 And _there was_ a man in Maon, whose possessions _were_ in Carmel;
and the man _was_ very great, and he had three thousand sheep; and a
thous...
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_AND THUS SHALL YE SAY TO HIM THAT LIVETH IN PROSPERITY, PEACE BE BOTH
TO THEE, AND PEACE BE TO THINE HOUSE, AND PEACE BE UNTO ALL THAT THOU
HAST._
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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NEITHER WAS THERE OUGHT MISSING UNTO THEM. — These words doubtless
refer to the protection which David’s armed band had afforded to the
herdsmen against the frequent raids of the neighbouring people —...
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וְ עַתָּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י
גֹזְזִ֖ים לָ֑ךְ...
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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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_Molested them. This deserved some acknowledgment, as they might have
done it with impunity. But David had also been of service to Nabal's
men, as one of them told Abigail, ver. 16---21._...
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(4) And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
(5) And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young
men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in m...
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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 I HAVE HEARD THAT THOU HAST SHEARERS,.... Men employed in
shearing his sheep, which was a time of feasting and gladness, and
therefore David sent his young men to him at this time with his
com...
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And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which
were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto
them, all the while they were in Carmel.
Ver. 7. _And now I...
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_We hurt them not_, &c. This, considering the licentiousness of
soldiers, and the necessities David and his men were exposed to, was
no small favour, which Nabal was bound both in justice and gratitud...
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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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And now, I have heard that thou hast shearers, with all that this
implied; now, THY SHEPHERDS WHICH WERE WITH US, with whom David's men
lived on terms of good fellowship, protecting them against wild...
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Nabal's Foolishness...
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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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HURT:
_ Heb._ shamed...
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2-11 We should not have heard of Nabal, if nothing had passed between
him and David. Observe his name, Nabal, "A fool;" so it signifies.
Riches make men look great in the eye of the world; but to one...
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1 Samuel 25:7 heard H8085 (H8804) shearers H1494 (H8802) shepherds
H7462 (H8802) hurt H3637 (H8689) anything...
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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 CONTACTS NABAL IN ORDER TO SHARE IN HIS HOSPITALITY, IS REBUFFED
AND INSULTED, AND DECIDES ON VENGEANCE (1 SAMUEL 25:4).
In this next passage we are informed about Nabal's incredible and
foolish...
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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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_And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep._
NABAL, THE CHURL
David never made a wiser choice, and he never said a truer thing, than
when he exclaimed, “Let me fall now into th...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 25:4 Sheepshearing was a time of festivity
(v. 1 Samuel 25:8) as well as work. David addresses Nabal politely and
respectfully. Sending ten young
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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 Samuel 22:2; 1 Samuel 25:15; 1 Samuel 25:16; 1 Samuel 25:21;...
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We hurt not — This considering the licentiousness of soldiers, and
the necessities David and his men were exposed to, was no small
favour, which Nabal was bound both in justice, and gratitude, and
pru...