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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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SERVANTS. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read
"servant"....
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_a good day_ A day of festivity and rejoicing. Cp. Esther 8:17....
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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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A GOOD DAY] This is the ordinary Heb. phrase for a festival....
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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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שְׁאַ֨ל אֶת ־נְעָרֶ֜יךָ וְ יַגִּ֣ידוּ
לָ֗ךְ ו
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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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Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young
men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray
thee, whatsoever (d) cometh to thine hand unto thy servants,...
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_Good day, set aside for rejoicing, w hen the sheep were shorn, 2
Kings xiii. 24._...
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(4) And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
(5) And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young
men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in m...
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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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ASK THY YOUNG MEN, AND THEY WILL SHOW THEE,.... The shepherds before
mentioned, who kept their flocks hard by them:
WHEREFORE LET THE YOUNG MEN FIND FAVOUR IN THINE EYES; the ten young
men David sent...
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Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young
men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray
thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and...
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_We hurt them not_, &c. This, considering the licentiousness of
soldiers, and the necessities David and his men were exposed to, was
no small favour, which Nabal was bound both in justice and gratitud...
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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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Ask thy young men, his sheep-herders, AND THEY WILL SHOW THEE,
testifying to the splendid fellowship which existed between David's
men and them. WHEREFORE LET THE YOUNG MEN FIND FAVOR IN THINE EYES;
F...
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Nabal's Foolishness...
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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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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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IN A GOOD DAY, i.e. in a day of feasting and rejoicing; when men are
most cheerful and liberal; when thou mayst relieve us out of thy
abundance without damage to thyself; when thou art receiving the
m...
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1 Samuel 25:8 Ask H7592 (H8798) men H5288 tell H5046 (H8686) men H5288
find H4672 (H8799) favor...
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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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1 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 1 SAMUEL 25:4 Sheepshearing was a time of festivity
(v. 1 Samuel 25:8) as well as work. David addresses Nabal politely and
respectfully. Sending ten young
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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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1 Samuel 24:11; 1 Samuel 3:6; Ecclesiastes 11:2; Esther 9:19; Luke 11
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A good day — That is, in a day of feasting and rejoicing; when men
are most chearful and liberal; when thou mayst relieve us out of thy
abundance without damage to thyself; when thou art receiving the...