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 sin vowed. Indeed, the very act of making a rash vow is a sin (Leviticus 5:4). Jephthah (Judges 11:29) and Herod the tetrarch (Matthew 14:7) should have broken their sinful vows.

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