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Verse 1 Samuel 25:22. _SO AND MORE ALSO DO GOD_] Nothing can justify
this part of David's conduct. Whatever his provocation might have
been, he had suffered, properly speaking, no wrongs; and his
res...
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The concluding phrase denotes the utter destruction of a family, and
is rightly explained to mean “every male,” perhaps with the idea,
“down to the very meanest member of the household.”...
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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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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.
ANY, &c.. any male....
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_unto the enemies of David_ In the usual oath-formula the swearer
invokes divine vengeance upon himself (1 Samuel 20:13), or upon the
person adjured (1 Samuel 3:17). And so the Sept. here; "So God do...
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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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SO AND MORE ALSO DO GOD UNTO THE ENEMIES OF DAVID— If we put all
circumstances together, though David's passion, and oath to destroy
Nabal and servants, are not to be vindicated; though the resolution...
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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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_SO AND MORE ALSO DO GOD UNTO THE ENEMIES OF DAVID, IF I LEAVE OF ALL
THAT PERTAIN TO HIM BY THE MORNING LIGHT ANY THAT PISSETH AGAINST THE
WALL._
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David. I...
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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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כֹּה ־יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים לְ אֹיְבֵ֥י
דָוִ֖ד...
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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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So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all
that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that (h) pisseth
against the wall.
(h) Meaning by this proverb that he would destro...
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The enemies, is left out in some editions of the Septuagint. But David
wishes all evils to himself, though, to avoid the ominous expression,
he specifies his enemies, if he do not punish Nabal. --- Le...
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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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SO AND MORE ALSO DO GOD UNTO THE ENEMIES OF DAVID,.... Give them as
much health and prosperity, as much wealth and riches, as Nabal has,
and much more:
IF I LEAVE OF ALL THAT [PERTAIN] TO HIM, BY THE...
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So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all
that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that pisseth against
the wall.
Ver. 22. _So and more also do God unto the enemies o...
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_So and more also do God unto the enemies of David_ That is, unto
David himself. But because it might seem ominous to curse himself,
therefore, instead of David, he mentions David's enemies: see 1 Sam...
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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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So and more also do God unto the enemies of David if I leave of all
that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the
wall, so much as a single person. David wrongly considered the...
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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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UNTO THE ENEMIES OF DAVID, i. e. Unto David himself. But because it
might seem ominous and unnatural to curse himself, therefore by a
figure called _euphemismus_, instead of David, he mentions David's...
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1 Samuel 25:22 God H430 do H6213 (H8799) so H3541 more H3254 (H8686)
enemies H341 (H8802) David...
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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 AVERTS DISASTER (1 SAMUEL 25:20).
Abigail rides to meet David, takes all the guilt on herself, and begs
him to show mercy, not only for her sake but for his own, so that he
will not be guilty...
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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 25:22 GOD DO SO TO THE ENEMIES OF DAVID
AND MORE ALSO is a common conditional curse formula (as in 1 Samuel
3:17 and...
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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 14:10; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 21:21; 1 Samuel 14:44;...
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Enemies of David — That is, unto David himself. But because it might
seem ominous to curse himself, therefore instead of David, he mentions
David's enemies. But is this the voice of David? Can he spea...