1Sa 25:32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: Ver. 32. And David said to Abigail. ] The wisdom from above is persuadable. Jam 3:17 It maketh a man mancipium rationis, a slave to right reason. David considereth not quis who but quid; what and disdaineth not good counsel, though from a woman. read more
1Sa 25:33 And blessed [be] thy advice, and blessed [be] thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed] blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. Ver. 33. And blessed be thou. ] Whom God hath made instrumental to my great good; and therefore I may not defraud thee of thy due commendation. If Solomon have his thousand, yet the vinedressers, his labourers, may well have two hundred. Son 8:11 We send thanks to the donor: we also thank and pay the messenger that bringeth a... read more
1Sa 25:34 For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. Ver. 34. Which hath kept me back from hurting thee. ] The females also therefore had perished, and not the males only, as some have gathered from that proverbial expression, any that pisseth against the wall. Except thou hadst hasted and come to... read more
1Sa 25:35 So David received of her hand [that] which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. Ver. 35. See, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. ] The person must be accepted before the suit can be graciously answered, as with man, so with God, who "heareth not sinners"; Joh 9:31 "but in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him": Act... read more
1Sa 25:36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. Ver. 36. He held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. ] We use to say, it is good going to a niggard’s feast, for such do it but seldom, and then they usually lay on, measuring their cheer not by the necessity of nature, but by that which,... read more
1Sa 25:37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became [as] a stone. Ver. 37. When the wine was gone out of Nabal. ] That is, The perturbation of his brain, the alienation of his mind, - when sleep had cooled his head, and restored him to himself. And his wife had told him these things. ] In a pathetical manner no doubt, as she could well do it. That tongue of hers had oft advised... read more
1Sa 25:38 And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. Ver. 38. About ten days after. ] All which time he lay like a block in his bed, without repentance or confidence in God; but condemned of his own conscience, he went to his place without noise. Let this be a warning to drunkards. The Lord smote Nabal, that he died. ] Deadly diseases are God’s strokes; and especially if they be sudden, and soon make an end of men. Hippocrates calleth the pestilence... read more
1Sa 25:39 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 servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. Ver. 39. And hath kept his servant from evil. ] It is a very great mercy when God either leadeth us not into temptation, or delivereth us from the evil of it, or,... read more
1Sa 25:40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. Ver. 40. David sent us unto thee. ] He sent rather than went, lest her love should seem to be forced; and that if he had a repulse, it might not be so grievous to him. Ministers are Christ’s spokesmen, 2Co 11:2 pity but he should speed. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:31
1Sa 25:31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. Ver. 31. That this shall be no grief unto thee. ] No terror or torment to thy conscience, for shedding innocent blood, which is a crying sin, and lieth heavy upon the soul. The Hebrew word rendered grief signifieth staggering or stumbling: such is... read more