1 Samuel 25:38-44

38 Passados uns dez dias, o Senhor feriu a Nabal, e ele morreu.

39 Quando Davi ouviu que Nabal morrera, disse: Bendito seja o Senhor, que me vingou da afronta que recebi de Nabal, e deteve do mal a seu servo, fazendo cair a maldade de Nabal sobre a sua cabeça. Depois mandou Davi falar a Abigail, para tomá-la por mulher.

40 Vindo, pois, os servos de Davi a Abigail, no Carmelo, lhe falaram, dizendo: Davi nos mandou a ti, para te tomarmos por sua mulher.

41 Ao que ela se levantou, e se inclinou com o rosto em terra, e disse: Eis que a tua serva servirá de criada para lavar os pés dos servos de meu senhor.

42 Então Abigail se apressou e, levantando-se, montou num jumento, e levando as cinco moças que lhe assistiam, seguiu os mensageiros de Davi, que a recebeu por mulher.

43 Davi tomou também a Ainoã de Jizreel; e ambas foram suas mulheres.

44 Pois Saul tinha dado sua filha Mical, mulher de Davi, a Palti, filho de Laís, o qual era de Galim.

1 Samuel 25:38-44 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.