1 Samuël 25:22

22 Zo doe God aan de vijanden van David, en zo doe Hij daartoe, indien ik van allen, die hij heeft, iets tot morgen overlaat, dat mannelijk is!

1 Samuël 25:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:22

So and more also do God unto the enemies of David
Give them as much health and prosperity, as much wealth and riches, as Nabal has, and much more:

if I leave of all that [pertain] to him, by the morning light, any
that pisseth against the wall;
which is generally understood of a dog, that he, would not leave him so much as a dog: but it is better, with Ben Gersom, to interpret it of the males in his house, himself, his sons, and servants; and so the Targum paraphrases it of reasonable creatures, of such

``that know knowledge,''

or are knowing and understanding creatures; it seems to have been towards the evening; of the day when David was marching towards Nabal's house, designing to fall upon him and his, amidst their jollity that night, and cut them all off before morning. This must be imputed to the sudden and violent passion David was thrown into when off his guard, through the necessity he was in, the disappointment he met with, and the opprobrious language he was treated with; but in this his conduct was not as it used to be, and as it was towards Saul his enemy. Nor is his rage and passion to be vindicated, or the rash vow he made to destroy Nabal and his family; his crime, though great, yet not to be published with death; his ingratitude and insolence deserved resentment, but were not capital crimes worthy of death, and especially of the destruction of his whole family; the Jews indeed make him to be guilty of treason, in that he knew that David was anointed king, and yet both abused him, and disobeyed his commands, and therefore being guilty of overt acts of treason, he and his were deserving of death; but David was not yet king.

1 Samuël 25:22 In-Context

20 Het geschiedde nu, toen zij op den ezel reed, en dat zij afkwam in het verborgene des bergs, en ziet, David en zijn mannen kwamen af haar tegemoet, en zij ontmoette hen.

21 David nu had gezegd: Trouwens ik heb te vergeefs bewaard al wat deze in de woestijn heeft, alzo dat er niets van alles, wat hij heeft, gemist is; en hij heeft mij kwaad voor goed vergolden.

22 Zo doe God aan de vijanden van David, en zo doe Hij daartoe, indien ik van allen, die hij heeft, iets tot morgen overlaat, dat mannelijk is!

23 Toen nu Abigail David zag, zo haastte zij zich, en kwam van den ezel af, en zij viel voor het aangezicht van David op haar aangezicht, en zij boog zich ter aarde.

24 En zij viel aan zijn voeten en zeide: Och, mijn heer, mijn zij de misdaad, en laat toch uw dienstmaagd voor uw oren spreken, en hoor de woorden uwer dienstmaagd.