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Verse 1 Samuel 25:28. _AND EVIL HATH NOT BEEN FOUND IN THEE_] Thou
hast not committed any act of this kind hitherto....
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FOR THE LORD WILL MAKE ... A SURE HOUSE - Compare 1 Samuel 2:35, and 2
Samuel 7:16; 1 Kings 11:38. Abigail’s firm persuasion of David’s
kingdom stands upon the same footing as Rahab’s conviction of G
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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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TRESPASS. Hebrew. _pasha`._ App-44....
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_the trespass of thine handmaid_ She takes the blame of the wrong done
to David upon herself, as in _v._24.
_for theLord_, &c. Abigail grounds her request on the conviction that
David will succeed to...
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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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_AND NOW THIS BLESSING WHICH THINE HANDMAID HATH BROUGHT UNTO MY LORD,
LET IT EVEN BE GIVEN UNTO THE YOUNG MEN THAT FOLLOW MY LORD._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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THE TRESPASS OF THINE HANDMAID. — Abigail again takes upon herself
the wrong; the gracious act of forgiveness, of which she feels assured
beforehand, she reminds David, will be shown _to her._ Thus al...
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שָׂ֥א נָ֖א לְ פֶ֣שַׁע אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֣י
עָשֹֽׂה
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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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I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will
certainly make my lord a (k) sure house; because my lord fighteth the
battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee ...
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_House. Thy family shall long continue in the enjoyment of the royal
power. Chaldean, "an established kingdom." (Haydock) --- Lord, as his
general. --- Evil. Do no manner of injustice. Hebrew, "and ev...
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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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I PRAY THEE, FORGIVE THE TRESPASS OF THINE HANDMAID,.... The
trespasses, as the Targum, either the sin of her husband, she had
taken upon herself, or her boldness in troubling him with her
petitions a...
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I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will
certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the
battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee [all]...
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_Forgive the trespass of thy handmaid_ That is, the trespass which I
have taken upon myself, and which, if it be punished, the punishment
will reach to me. _Sure house_ Will give the kingdom to thee,...
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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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I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid, the guilt which
she had taken upon herself by her own confession; FOR THE LORD WILL
CERTAINLY MAKE MY LORD A SURE HOUSE, as a reward of his magnani...
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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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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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THE TRESPASS OF THINE HANDMAID, i.e. which I have taken upon myself, 1
SAMUEL 25:21, and which, if it be not pardoned, but punished, the
punishment will reach to me. WILL CERTAINLY MAKE MY LORD A SURE...
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1 Samuel 25:28 forgive H5375 (H8798) trespass H6588 maidservant H519
LORD H3068 certainly H6213 (H8800) make H6213
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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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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 25:23 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 Chronicles 17:10; 1 Chronicles 17:25; 1 Kings 15:5; 1 Kings 9:5;...
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The trespass — That is, which I have taken upon myself, and which,
if it be punished, the punishment will reach to me. Sure house —
Will give the kingdom to thee, and to thy house for ever, as he hath...