1 Samuel 25:1-27:12 NIV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 25:1

Buried him in his house, according to the manner of those times. See Genesis 23:9; Genesis 50:5; Matthew 27:60. The wilderness of Paran, in the southern borders of the land of Judah, that so when occasion served, he might retire out of Saul’s dominions. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:1

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—1 Samuel 25:1. “And Samuel died.” Josephus says that “Samuel governed and presided over the people alone, after the death of Eli, twelve years, and eighteen years in conjunction with Saul, the king.” He likewise adds, “They wept for him a very great number of days, not looking on it as a sorrow for the death of another man, but as that in which they were everyone of themselves concerned. He was a righteous man, and gentle in his nature, and on that account he was... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:1-44

Chapter 25Now 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 was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very wealthy, he had three thousand sheep, a thousand goats: and they were shearing his sheep there in Carmel ( 1 Samuel 25:1-2 ).Now Carmel is the mountain range that goes from east to west. It starts at the port city of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 25:1-44

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 bright on high. His bones, says Jerome, were long after removed to Constantinople, over which Justin the emperor raised a monument. 1 Samuel 25:3 . The name of the man was Nabal, a stubborn foolish man. His estates lay in Carmel, where his thousand goats could leap on the rocks, and his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 25:1

1 Samuel 25:1And Samuel died, and all the Israelites were gathered together and lamented him.“When I die, will I be missed?”“And Samuel died; and all Israel lamented him.” What an epitaph! What a character to have deserved such an epitaph! The humblest mortal can so live as to leave a gap when he goes--a fact we realise with difficulty, for we say, “Oh! the great ones are missed, but I am poor and humble; my attainments are so insignificant.” No life need be insignificant. “And Samuel died; and... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:1

1Sa 25:1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. Ver. 1. And Samuel died. ] After a long race run without cessation or cespitation: he was one of those few that lived and died with honour. Nabal did not; so: Contraria iuxta se posita, &c. "The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked doth rot." Pro 10:7 And lamented him. ] As well... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 25:1

am 2944, bc 1060, An, Ex, Is 431 Samuel: 1 Samuel 28:3 lamented: Genesis 50:11, Numbers 20:29, Deuteronomy 34:8, Acts 8:2 in his house: 1 Samuel 7:17, 1 Kings 2:34, 2 Chronicles 33:20, Isaiah 14:18 the wilderness: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 21:21, Numbers 10:12, Numbers 12:16, Numbers 13:3, Numbers 13:26, Psalms 120:5 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 1:1 - Paran Judges 4:5 - between 1 Samuel 7:15 - judged 2 Chronicles 32:33 - did him Habakkuk 3:3 - Paran read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 25:1

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.Lamented him — Those have hard hearts, that can bury their faithful ministers with dry eyes, and are not sensible of the loss of them who have prayed for them, and taught them the way of the Lord. read more