1 Samuel 25:3
good.Pr 14:1; 31:26,30,31was churlish.10,11,17; Ps 10:3; Isa 32:5-7and he was.{Wehoo calibbee,} literally, "and he was a Calebite;" but as the word {cailev} signifies a dog, the Septuagint has understood it as implying a man of canine disposition, and translated it, [kai anthropov kunikos,] "and he was a doggish man." It is understood in the same way by the Syriac and Arabic.1 Samuel 25:18-35
made haste.34; Nu 16:46-48; Pr 6:4,5; Mt 5:25took two.The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers to our cakes. Ge 32:13-20; 43:11-14; 2Sa 17:28,29; Pr 18:16; 21:14two bottles.That is, two goatskins' full. five sheep.Not one sheep to one hundred men. clusters. Heb. lumps. Raisins dried in the sun.2Sa 16:1cakes of figs.Figs cured and then pressed together. Now all this provision was a matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured his good offices. Go.Ge 32:16,20But.Pr 31:11,12,27 rode.2Ki 4:24she came down.David was coming down mount Paran; Abigail was coming down from Carmel. Surely.13; Job 30:8; Ps 37:8; Eph 4:26,31; 1Th 5:15; 1Pe 2:21-23; 3:9he hath requited.Ge 44:4; Ps 35:12; 38:20; 109:3-5; Pr 17:13; Jer 18:20; Ro 12:211Pe 2:20; 3:17 So and more.Nothing can justify this conduct of David, which was rash, unjust, and cruel in the extreme. David himself condemns it, and thanks God for being prevented from executing this evil. (ver. 32-34.) 3:17; 14:44; 20:13,16; Ru 1:17if I leave.34any that pisseth, etc.This seems to have been a proverbial expression among the Israelites; and may with the utmost propriety be read "any male." 1Ki 14:10; 16:11; 21:21; 2Ki 9:8 lighted.Jos 15:18; Jud 1:14fell.20:41; 24:8 fell.2Ki 4:37; Es 8:3; Mt 18:29Upon.28; Ge 44:33,34; 2Sa 14:9; Phm 1:18,19let thine.Ge 44:18; 2Sa 14:12audience. Heb. ears. regard. Heb. lay it to his heart.2Sa 13:33; Isa 42:25; Mal 2:2man of Belial.17,26Nabal. that is, fool. as the Lord liveth.34; 22:3; 2Ki 2:2; 4:6and as thy.1:26the Lord hath.33; Ge 20:6from.Ro 12:19,20avenging thyself. Heb. saving thyself.Ps 18:47,48; 44:3now let.2Sa 18:32; Jer 29:22; Da 4:19 blessing. or, present.30:26; Ge 33:11; 2Ki 5:15; 2Co 9:5follow. Heb. walk at the feet of.42; *marg:Jud 4:10; 2Sa 16:2 forgive.24the Lord.15:28; 2Sa 7:11,16,27; 1Ki 9:5; 1Ch 17:10,25; Ps 89:29fighteth.17:47; 18:17; 2Sa 5:2; 2Ch 20:15; Eph 6:10,11evil hath.24:6,7,11,17; 1Ki 15:5; Ps 119:1-3; Mt 5:16; Lu 23:41,47 bound.The metaphors in this verse are derived from the consideration, that things of value are collected together, and often tied up in bundles, like sheaves of corn, to prevent their being scattered and lost, and that whatever is put into a sling is not intended to be preserved, but to be thrown away. 2:9; Ge 15:1; De 33:29; Ps 66:9; 116:15; Mal 3:17; Mt 10:29,30with the Lord.Joh 10:27-30; 14:19; 17:21,23; Col 3:3,4; 1Pe 1:5sling out.Jer 10:18as out of the middle of a sling. Heb. in the midst of thebow of a sling. according.13:14; 15:28; 23:17; Ps 89:20 grief. Heb. staggering, or, stumbling.Pr 5:12,13; Ro 14:21; 2Co 1:12avenged.33; 24:15; 26:23; 2Sa 22:48; Ps 94:1; Ro 12:19remember.40; Ge 40:14; Lu 23:42 David overlooks the rich and seasonable present of Abigail, though pressed with hunger and wearied with travel; but her advice, which disarmed his rage, and calmed his revenge, draws forth these high and affectionate gratulations. These were his joyful and glorious trophies; not over his enemies, but over himself. Ge 24:27; Ex 18:10; Ezr 7:27; Ps 41:12,13; 72:18; Lu 1:68; 2Co 8:16 blessed.Ps 141:5; Pr 9:9; 17:10; 25:12; 27:21; 28:23which hast.26avenging.26,31; 24:19; 26:9,10 kept me back.26hasted.18; 11:11; Jos 10:6,9there had.22 Go up.20:42; 2Sa 15:9; 2Ki 5:19; Lu 7:50; 8:48accepted.Ge 19:21; Job 34:191 Samuel 25:42-43
Abigail.Ge 24:61-67; Ps 45:10,11after her. Heb. at her feet.27 Jezreel.Jos 15:56; 2Sa 3:2both.Ge 2:24; Mt 19:5,8his wives.27:3; 30:5; 2Sa 5:13-161 Samuel 30:5
two wives.1:2; 25:42,43; 27:3; 2Sa 2:2; 3:2,3
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