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Verse 1 Samuel 25:39. _TO TAKE HER TO HIM TO WIFE._] It is likely
that he had heard before this that Saul, to cut off all his
pretensions to the throne, had married Michal to Phalti; and this
justifi...
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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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WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra_. _a`._ App-44....
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David's marriage with Abigail
39. _pleaded the cause_, &c. Exacted from Nabal a due penalty for the
injury he did me. Cp. 1 Samuel 24:15. In those days godly men looked
for visible judgments upon the...
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WHEN DAVID HEARD THAT NABAL WAS DEAD, HE SAID, &C.— David, hearing
of the death of Nabal, adores the divine justice so remarkably
displayed in the punishment of this wicked man; and is full of
thankfu...
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_David's Wives._ 1 Samuel 25:39-44
39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed _be_ the
Lord that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of
Nabal, and hath kept his ser...
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_AND WHEN DAVID HEARD THAT NABAL WAS DEAD, HE SAID, BLESSED BE THE
LORD, THAT HATH PLEADED THE CAUSE OF MY REPROACH FROM THE HAND OF
NABAL, AND HATH KEPT HIS SERVANT FROM EVIL: FOR THE LORD HATH RETUR...
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Communed with Abigail] RV 'spake concerning.' It is the technical term
for 'asking any one's hand in marriage': cp. Song of Solomon 8:8....
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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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וַ יִּשְׁמַ֣ע דָּוִד֮ כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת
נָבָל֒ וַ
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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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THE END OF SELFISH INDULGENCE
1 Samuel 25:32
The lowly obeisance of this beautiful woman at the young soldier's
feet, her frank confession of the injustice done him, her thankfulness
that he had bee...
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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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And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed [be] the
LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of
Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath retu...
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_Blessed be, &c. David praises God on this occasion, not out of joy
for the death of Nabal, (which would have argued a rancour of heart)
but because he saw that God had so visibly taken his cause in h...
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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 WHEN DAVID HEARD THAT NABAL WAS DEAD,.... As he soon might, Maon
and Carmel not being far from the wilderness where David was:
HE SAID, BLESSED [BE] THE LORD, THAT HATH PLEADED THE CAUSE OF MY
RE...
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_And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed [be] the
LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of
Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath ret...
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_Blessed_, &c. This was another instance of human infirmity in David.
_David sent_ But this doubtless was not done immediately after Nabal's
death, but some time after it; though such circumstances be...
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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 when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the
Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of
Nabal, and hath kept His servant from evil; it was clearly God's
jud...
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DAVID MARRIES ABIGAIL...
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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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32-39 David gives God thanks for sending him this happy check in a
sinful way. Whoever meet us with counsel, direction, comfort, caution,
or seasonable reproof, we must see God sending them. We ought...
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How could David rejoice at the death of his enemy? ANSW. Although it
may be said that he rejoiced not in Nabal's death as such, but only in
the declaration of God's justice in punishing so great a wic...
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1 Samuel 25:39 David H1732 heard H8085 (H8799) Nabal H5037 dead H4191
(H8804) said H559 (H8799) Blessed...
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DAVID, HAVING LOST HIS WIFE THROUGH SAUL'S CONNIVING, RECEIVES TWO
WIVES IN HER PLACE (25:39C-44).
Once David had fled from Saul he became an outlaw. Thus Saul
considered that his marriage to Michal...
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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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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 2:44; 1 Samuel 25:26; 1 Samuel 25:32; 1 Samuel 25:34;...
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Blessed, &c. — This was another instance of human infirmity in
David. David sent — But this doubtless was not done immediately
after Nabal's death, but some time after it; though such circumstances
be...