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Verse 1 Samuel 25:29. _SHALL BE BOUND IN THE BUNDLE OF LIFE_] Thy life
shall be precious in the sight of the Lord: it shall be found in the
bundle of life; it shall be supported by Him who is the _Spr...
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IN THE BUNDLE - Rather, “the bag,” in which anything precious, or
important to be preserved, was put, and the bag was then tied up
(compare Genesis 42:35).
THE SOULS ... SHALL HE SLING OUT - The compa...
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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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MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.
BUNDLE OF LIFE. bag (as in 1 Samuel 17:40; 1 Samuel 17:49) of the
living.
SLING OUT: i.e. like the stones in David's sling....
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_Yet a man_, &c. Better, AND THOUGH MEN HAVE ARISEN … YET THE SOUL
OF MY LORD SHALL BE BOUND UP IN THE BUNDLE OF THE LIVING. The figure
is taken from the practice of binding up valuables in a bag or b...
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Abigail's meeting with David
23. _lighted off the ass_ i.e. got down from, an old form of
_alighted_. The Heb. word is different from that similarly translated
in Joshua 15:18, and simply means "to d...
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WHEN ABIGAIL SAW DAVID, &C.— Abigail was a woman of distinguished
merit. She had the advantage of a beautiful person, set off by an
excellent understanding, a graceful address, and uncommon prudence;...
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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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_YET A MAN IS RISEN TO PURSUE THEE, AND TO SEEK THY SOUL: BUT THE SOUL
OF MY LORD SHALL BE BOUND IN THE BUNDLE OF LIFE WITH THE LORD THY GOD;
AND THE SOULS OF THINE ENEMIES, THEM SHALL HE SLING OUT, A...
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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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A MAN] The reference is to Saul.
BOUND] i.e. safely bound up, so that not one is lost. IN THE BUNDLE OF
LIFE] rather, 'in the bundle of the living,' i.e. in the number of
those whose lives are guarde...
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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 MAN IS RISEN. — She here refers, of course, to Saul, but with
exquisite courtesy and true loyalty refrains from mentioning in
connection with evil the name of her king, the “Anointed of
Jehovah.”
SH...
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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 WISE WOMAN'S PLEA
1 Samuel 25:18
What a contrast between the sordid Nabal and his beautiful wife-as
lovely in disposition as in face! What a terrible trial for such a
woman to be united with a man...
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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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Yet (l) a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the
soul of my lord shall be bound in the (m) bundle of life with the LORD
thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling...
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Bundle. Such things are more secure than those which are loose.
(Worthington) --- Of the living, or predestinate, over whom Providence
watches in a particular manner. She seems to allude to the method...
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(18) В¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and
two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures
of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hund...
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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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YET A MAN IS RISEN TO PURSUE THEE, AND TO SEEK THY SOUL,.... His life,
to take it away, meaning Saul, whom she chose not to name, because he
was king:
BUT THE SOUL OF MY LORD SHALL BE BOUND UP IN THE...
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Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul
of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God;
and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [a...
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_A man hath risen to pursue thee_ Saul, though no way injured. _To
seek thy soul_ To take away thy life. _Bundle of life_ Or, _in the
bundle:_ that is, in the society, or congregation _of the living;_...
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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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Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul, or, "Should a
man arise and pursue," for she delicately omits a direct reference to
Saul; BUT THE SOUL OF MY LORD SHALL BE BOUND IN THE BUNDLE O...
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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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AS OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF A SLING:
_ Heb._ in the midst of the bought of a sling...
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18-31 By a present Abigail atoned for Nabal's denial of David's
request. Her behaviour was very submissive. Yielding pacifies great
offences. She puts herself in the place of a penitent, and of a
pet...
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A MAN, to wit, Saul, though no way injured nor justly provoked by
thee. TO SEEK THY SOUL, i. e. to take away thy life. In the bundle of
life, or, in the bundle, i.e. in the society or congregation of...
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1 Samuel 25:29 man H120 risen H6965 (H8799) pursue H7291 (H8800) seek
H1245 (H8763) life H5315 life...
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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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ABIGAIL'S PLEA.
1 Samuel 25:25
“ Let not my lord, I pray you, regard this worthless fellow, even
Nabal, for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is
with him. But I your handmaid d...
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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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_The soul of my Lord shall be bound in the bundle of life._
THE BUNDLE OF LIFE
The imagery, of course, is Oriental. It is very true that the life of
man is bounded up with the Divine; “bound up in t...
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GOD'S JEWEL-CASE
Bound in the bundle of life (RVm “the living”) with the Lord thy
God. 1 Samuel 25:29.
Where do you keep you treasures? Have you a special “hidey hole”
that nobody knows of but your...
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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 25:23 ABIGAIL warns David not to shed
innocent blood. It would not be good for the future king to have
killed fellow Israelites. He must let God remove his enemies, not take...
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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 Peter 1:5; 1 Samuel 2:9; Colossians 3:3; Colossians 3:4; Deuter
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A man — Saul though no way injured. Thy soul — To take away thy
life. Bundle of life — Or, in the bundle: that is, in the society,
or congregation of the living; out of which, men are taken, and cut
o...