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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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Nabal's churlish behaviour to David
2. _a man in Maon_ Nabal's home was in the city of Maon, and his
possessions (or, HIS BUSINESS) about a mile to the north at Carmel.
These places are mentioned tog...
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AND DAVID SENT OUT, &C.— In this message of David to Nabal, which is
a fine picture of ancient and true politeness, there are three things
well worth our notice. _First,_ the direction: _To him that l...
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_Nabal's Shameful Treatment of David._ 1 Samuel 25:2-13
2 And _there was_ a man in Maon, whose possessions _were_ in Carmel;
and the man _was_ very great, and he had three thousand sheep; and a
thous...
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_AND THUS SHALL YE SAY TO HIM THAT LIVETH IN PROSPERITY, PEACE BE BOTH
TO THEE, AND PEACE BE TO THINE HOUSE, AND PEACE BE UNTO ALL THAT THOU
HAST._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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AND CEASED. — Better rendered, _and they sat down._ The Hebrew word
here has been variously translated. Bunsen suggests, “and they
waited modestly for an answer;” the Vulg., followed by some
scholars,...
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וַ יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ נַעֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד וַ
יְדַבְּר֧וּ...
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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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A RICH MAN'S CHURLISHNESS
1 Samuel 25:2
This Carmel was a city in the mountains of Judah, ten miles south of
Hebron. See Joshua 15:55. Though a descendant of Caleb, Nabal had none
of that hero's spir...
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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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(9) And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to
all those words in the name of David, and ceased. (10) And Nabal
answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the...
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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'S YOUNG MEN CAME,.... To Carmel:
THEY SPAKE TO NABAL ACCORDING TO ALL THOSE WORDS IN THE NAME OF DAVID;
they delivered their message punctually and exactly, in the very
words, or howev...
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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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Nabal's Foolishness...
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And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all
those words, making their request in his very words, IN THE NAME OF
DAVID, AND CEASED, they sat down, awaiting the fulfillment of...
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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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CEASED:
_ Heb._ rested...
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2-11 We should not have heard of Nabal, if nothing had passed between
him and David. Observe his name, Nabal, "A fool;" so it signifies.
Riches make men look great in the eye of the world; but to one...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Samuel 25:9 Davids H1732 men H5288 came H935 (H8799) spoke H1696
(H8762) Nabal H5037 words H1697 name...
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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...
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DAVID CONTACTS NABAL IN ORDER TO SHARE IN HIS HOSPITALITY, IS REBUFFED
AND INSULTED, AND DECIDES ON VENGEANCE (1 SAMUEL 25:4).
In this next passage we are informed about Nabal's incredible and
foolish...
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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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_And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep._
NABAL, THE CHURL
David never made a wiser choice, and he never said a truer thing, than
when he exclaimed, “Let me fall now into th...
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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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2 Chronicles 14:7; 2 Kings 2:15; Genesis 8:4...