What does 1 Samuel 25:27 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And now this blessingk which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord."
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 (1 Samuel 25:32) 5. Na...
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 - 1 SAMUEL 25:44. DAVID, NABAL AND ABI...
BLESSING. present. BROUGHT. Verb is masculine; and is so when women act in masculine way, and feminine when men act in feminine way....
Abigail's meeting with David 23. _lighted off the ass_ i.e. got down from, an old form of _alighted_. The Heb. word is different from that similarly translated in Joshua 15:18, and simply means "to d...
WHEN ABIGAIL SAW DAVID, &C.— Abigail was a woman of distinguished merit. She had the advantage of a beautiful person, set off by an excellent understanding, a graceful address, and uncommon prudence;...
_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...
_AND NOW THIS BLESSING WHICH THINE HANDMAID HATH BROUGHT UNTO MY LORD, LET IT EVEN BE GIVEN UNTO THE YOUNG MEN THAT FOLLOW MY LORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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....
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...
THIS BLESSING. — That is to say, _gift._ Of this Abigail makes little account — it was simply an expression of her homage and good will. It was not intended, of course, for David, but for his company;...
וְ עַתָּה֙ הַ בְּרָכָ֣ה הַ זֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁר ־הֵבִ֥יא שִׁפְחָתְךָ֖ לַֽ אדֹנִ֑י וְ נִתְּנָה֙ לַ...
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...
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...
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...
_Blessing, or present. (Menochius) See 2 Corinthians ix. 5. (Calmet)_...
(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...
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...
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...
AND NOW THIS BLESSING, WHICH THINE HANDMAID HATH BROUGHT UNTO MY LORD,.... The present, consisting of the things mentioned in 1 Samuel 25:18; which came as a blessing from God, and with good will fro...
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. Ver. 27. _And now this blessing,_] _i.e., _ This present, the fruit...
_Now this blessing_ That is, this present or gift. The same phrase is used, 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Kings 5:15. A present is termed a _blessing_, not only because the matter of it comes from God's blessing,...
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...
Abigail's Tact and Prudence...
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...
BLESSING: Or, present FOLLOW: _ Heb._ walk at the feet of etc....
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...
THIS BLESSING; so a gift or present is called here, and GENESIS 33:11, and elsewhere; not only because the matter of it comes from God's blessing, but also because it is given with a blessing, or with...
1 Samuel 25:27 present H1293 maidservant H8198 brought H935 (H8689) lord H113 given H5414 (H8738) men H5288 follow H1980 (H8693) H7272 lord H113 blessing - or, present, 1 Samuel 30:26; Genesis 33:11;...
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...
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...
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...
1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 25:23 ABIGAIL warns David not to shed innocent blood. It would not be good for the future king to have killed fellow Israelites. He must let God remove his enemies, not take...
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. “CARME...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 25:42; 1 Samuel 30:26; 2 Corinthians 9:5; 2 Kings 5:15; 2 Samuel 16:2; Genesis 33:11; Judges 4:10...
Blessing — So a gift or present is called here, and elsewhere; not only because the matter of it comes from God's blessing; but also because it is given with a blessing, or with a good will. Unto the...