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. SAMUEL EST MORT - après une longue vie de piété et d'utilité publique, ayant laissé derrière lui une réputation qui le... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. IL Y AVAIT UN HOMME À MAON. Cette ville, qui appartenait à la tribu de Juda (Jean 15:55), était située au som... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. IL ÉTAIT DE LA MAISON DE CALEB - bien sûr, de la même tribu que David... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. NABAL A TONDU SES MOUTONS.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 my name: ET DAVID ENVOYA DIX JEUNES HOMMES ... David et ses hommes se cachaient dans ces déserts, s'associant avec les bergers et les bergers de Nabal et d'autres, et leur... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. QUI EST DAVID? ... La réponse de Nabal semble indiquer que le pays était à ce moment-là dans un état lâche et désordonné. Cependan... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_SHALL I THEN TAKE MY BREAD, AND MY WATER, AND MY FLESH THAT I HAVE KILLED FOR MY SHEARERS, AND GIVE IT UNTO MEN, WHOM I KNOW NOT WHENCE THEY BE?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. DEUX CENTS PERSONNES HABITENT PRÈS DE L'ÉTOFFE. Cet ajout à ses disci... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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 ON THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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 hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. PUIS ABIGAÏL SE HÂTA. La prudence et l'adresse de sa femme ét... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. CONTINUEZ AVANT MOI; VOICI, JE VIENS APRÈS VOUS. Les gens de l'Est essaient toujours de produire un effet par leurs cadeaux, chargeant sur plusieurs bêtes ce qui pourrait être facilemen... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND IT WAS SO, AS SHE RODE ON THE ASS, THAT SHE CAME DOWN BY THE COVERT OF THE HILL, AND, BEHOLD, DAVID AND HIS MEN CAME DOWN AGAINST HER; AND SHE MET THEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. MAINTENANT, DAVID AVAIT DIT ...... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. DIEU FAIT AUSSI ET PLUS ENCORE LES ENNEMIS DE DAVID. En faisant ce vœu de détruire la maison de Nabal, David a commis un péché. L'accomplissement de ce... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, ELLE S'EST PRÉCIPITÉE, A ALLUMÉ LE CUL, ET EST TOMBÉE DEVANT DAVID SUR SON VISAGE. Descendre en présence d'un supérieur est le plus grand signe de respect qui puis... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND FELL AT HIS FEET, AND SAID, UPON ME, MY LORD, UPON ME LET THIS INIQUITY BE: AND LET THINE HANDMAID, I PRAY THEE, SPEAK IN THINE AUDIENCE, AND HEAR THE WORDS OF THINE HANDMAID._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. NABAL - signifiant imbécile, a donné de la pertinence aux propos de sa femme.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. QUE VOS ENNEMIS ... SOIENT COMME NABAL - soye... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. L'ÂME DE MON SEIGNEUR SERA LIÉE DANS LE PAQUET DE VIE - un orient... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN THE LORD SHALL HAVE DONE TO MY LORD ACCORDING TO ALL THE GOOD THAT HE HATH SPOKEN CONCERNING THEE, AND SHALL HAVE APPOINTED THEE RULER OVER ISRAEL;_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: DAVID DIT À ABIGAÏL: BÉNI SOIT LE SEIGNEUR. Transporté par les passions et aveuglé par la vengeance, il était sur le point de commettre une grave blessure; et, sans aucun doute, l'apparition opport... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. IL A ORGANISÉ UNE FÊTE DANS SA MAISON, COMME LA FÊTE D'UN ROI. L... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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. LE MATIN ... SA FEMME ... LUI A RACONTÉ CES CHOSES. Il s'est probablement évanoui, d'horreur devant la situation périlleuse d... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS ABOUT TEN DAYS AFTER, THAT THE LORD SMOTE NABAL, THAT HE DIED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
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... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_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._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. MICHAL. Par la volonté incontestable de son père, celle qui était la femme de David a été donnée à un autre; mais elle revint et soutint le caractère de sa femme lorsqu'il monta sur le trône.... [ Continuer la lecture ]