1 Samuel 25:19

19 E disse aos seus mancebos: Ide adiante de mim; eis que vos seguirei de perto. Porém não o declarou a Nabal, seu marido.

1 Samuel 25:19 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:19

And she said to her servants, go on before me
With the present, the sight of which she wisely considered would in a great measure pacify David, and prepare him to hear patiently what she had to say to him:

behold, I come after you;
signifying it would not be long before she came up to them, and overtook them:

but she told not her husband Nabal;
neither the danger he and his family were in through his conduct, nor the preparations she had made to prevent it; knowing his perverse and obstinate disposition, that it would take up too much time to reason with him, and persuade him, and bring him into proper measures; and which may be observed to excuse the conduct of Abigail in doing what she did, and taking and disposing of her husband's gods, without his knowledge and leave; the case required haste, and it was done to preserve him and his family from imminent ruin; and besides, he might not be in a fit condition to be spoken to, being drunk with passion, or with wine, or both, see ( 1 Samuel 25:36 ) ; and no doubt she was directed by the Spirit of God to do what she did; and this being an extraordinary case, is not to be drawn into an example.

1 Samuel 25:19 In-Context

17 Considera, pois, agora e vê o que hás de fazer, porque o mal já está de todo determinado contra o nosso amo e contra toda a sua casa; e ele é tal filho de Belial, que não há quem lhe possa falar.

18 Então Abigail se apressou, e tomou duzentos pães, dois odres de vinho, cinco ovelhas assadas, cinco medidas de trigo tostado, cem cachos de passas, e duzentas pastas de figos secos, e os pôs sobre jumentos.

19 E disse aos seus mancebos: Ide adiante de mim; eis que vos seguirei de perto. Porém não o declarou a Nabal, seu marido.

20 E quando ela, montada num jumento, ia descendo pelo encoberto do monte, eis que Davi e os seus homens lhe vinham ao encontro; e ela se encontrou com eles.

21 Ora, Davi tinha dito: Na verdade que em vão tenho guardado tudo quanto este tem no deserto, de sorte que nada lhe faltou de tudo quanto lhe pertencia; e ele me pagou mal por bem.