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1 Samuel 25:1-6

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The Death of Samuel

1 1Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled 2and mourned for him, and they buried him 3in his house at 4Ramah. Then David rose and went down to 5the wilderness of Paran.
2 And there was a man in 6Maon whose business was in 7Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. 8He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; 9he was a Calebite.
4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal 10was shearing his sheep.
5 So David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.
6 And thus you shall greet him: 11'Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
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1 Samuel 25:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 25

This chapter gives an account of the death of Samuel, and of the ill treatment David met with from Nabal; it begins with the death of Samuel, which was greatly lamented in Israel, 1Sa 25:1; it draws the character of Nabal, and his wife, 1Sa 25:2,3; records a message of David to him, by his young men, desiring he would send him some of his provisions made for his sheep shearers, 1Sa 25:4-9; and Nabal's ill-natured answer to him reported by the young men, which provoked David to arm against him, 1Sa 25:10-13,21,22; and this being told Abigail, the wife of Nabal, and a good character given of David and his men, and of the advantage Nabal's shepherds had received from them, and the danger his family was in through his ingratitude, 1Sa 25:14-17; she prepared a present to pacify David, went with it herself, and addressed him in a very handsome, affectionate, and prudent manner, 1Sa 25:18-31; and met with a kind reception, 1Sa 25:32-35; and the chapter is closed with an account of the death of Nabal, and of the marriage of Abigail to David, 1Sa 25:32-44.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. 1 Samuel 28:3
  • 2. Genesis 50:10; [Numbers 20:29; Deuteronomy 34:8]
  • 3. [1 Kings 2:34]
  • 4. 1 Samuel 1:19
  • 5. Numbers 10:12
  • 6. 1 Samuel 23:24
  • 7. Joshua 15:55
  • 8. [Genesis 38:13; 2 Samuel 13:23]
  • 9. [1 Samuel 30:14]
  • 10. [See ver. 2 above]
  • 11. [1 Chronicles 12:18; Matthew 10:13; Luke 10:5]
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