Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 25:20
She came down - and David - came down - David was coming down Mount Paran; Abigail was coming down from Carmel. - Calmet. read more
1 Samuel 25:17-33 Niv
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 resolution to cut off a whole innocent family, because Nabal had acted ungenerously towards him, was abominable and cruel, not to say diabolic. He who attempts to vindicate this conduct of David is, at least constructively, a foe to God and truth. David himself condemns this most rash and unwarrantable conduct,... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 25:28
And evil hath not been found in thee - Thou hast not committed any act of this kind hitherto. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 Spring and Fountain of life, and ever be found united to those who are most favored by the Almighty. Them shall he sling out - Far from being bound and kept together in union with the Fountain of life, he will cast them off from himself as a stone is cast out from a sling. This betokens both... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:13-17
Creed and practice. The facts are— 1 . David, stung by the insult, prepares to take summary vengeance on Nabal. 2 . A servant, overhearing his intention, reports it to Abigail. 3 . He also relates to her the circumstances of David's kindness to Nabal's men, and appeals to her for intervention, as he has no faith in Nabal's wisdom or generosity. The course taken by David would ordinarily be termed natural for an Eastern chieftain; that of the servant was more considerate than... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:14-17
One of the young men. Hebrew, "a lad of the lads," i.e. one of the servants (see on the word 1 Samuel 1:24 ); when used in this sense it has no reference to age (see 1 Samuel 2:17 ). This man was probably some old and confidential servitor. To salute. Hebrew, "to bless" (see 1 Samuel 13:10 ; 2 Kings 4:29 ). He railed on them. Literally, "flew upon them like a bird of prey." We were not hurt. Literally, "not put to shame" (see on 1 Samuel 25:7 ). The language of a people... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:18-20
Five measures of parched corn. The measure named here, the seah, contains about a peck and a half. As this seems little, Ewald reads 500 seahs, but probably it was regarded as a delicacy. Clusters of raisins. Rather, as in the margin, lumps of raisins. The bunches of grapes when dried were pressed into cakes. Sending her servants in front leading the asses which carried the present, she followed behind, and met David as she was coming down by the covert of the hill. Hebrew, "in secret of... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:18-31
Wise persuasiveness. The facts are— 1 . Abigail, aware of the danger, provides an ample present, and secretly sends on her servants to prepare the mind of David for an interview. 2 . On seeing David she humbly seeks an audience, and intimates that Nabal was not to be regarded as of importance. 3 . She pleads her cause by reminding David of the kind restraint of Providence in keeping him from wrong, of Nabal's utter unworthiness of his notice, of the provision made for the young... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:21-22
David justifies his fierce anger by referring to the services he had rendered Nabal, and which had been requited so shabbily. For the phrase so do God unto the enemies of David see on 1 Samuel 20:16 . A superstitious feeling probably lay at the root of this substitution of David's enemies for himself when thus invoking a curse. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 25:18
Took two hundred loaves - The Eastern bread is ordinarily both thin and small; and answers to our cakes. Two bottles of wine - That is, two goat-skins full. The hide is pulled off the animal without ripping up; the places where the legs, etc., were are sewed up, and then the skin appears one large bag. This is properly the Scripture and Eastern bottle. There is one such before me. Five sheep - Not one sheep to one hundred men. Clusters of raisins - Raisins dried... read more