Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 25:19

19 Duì púrén shuō , nǐmen qiántou zǒu , wǒ suí zhe nǐmen qù . zhè shì tā què méiyǒu gàosu zhàngfu ná bā .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 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.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 25:19 In-Context

17 Suǒyǐ nǐ dāng chóu huá , kàn zĕnyàng xíng cái hǎo . bù rán , huòhuàn déng yào líndào wǒ zhǔrén hé tā quán jiā . tā xìngqíng xiōng bào , wú rén gǎn yǔ tā shuōhuà .

18 Yà bǐ gāi jímáng jiāng èr bǎi bǐng , liǎng pídaì jiǔ , wǔ zhǐ shōushi hǎo le de yáng , wǔ xì yà hōng hǎo le de suì zǐ , yī bǎi pútào bǐng , èr bǎi wúhuāguǒ bǐng , dōu tuó zaì lü shàng ,

19 Duì púrén shuō , nǐmen qiántou zǒu , wǒ suí zhe nǐmen qù . zhè shì tā què méiyǒu gàosu zhàngfu ná bā .

20 Yà bǐ gāi qí zhe lü , zhēng xià shān pō , jiàn Dàwèi hé gēnsuí tāde rén cóng duìmiàn xià lái , yà bǐ gāi jiù yíngjiē tāmen .

21 Dàwèi céng shuō , wǒ zaì kuàngyĕ wèi nà rén kānshǒu suǒyǒude , yǐzhì tā yíyàng bù shīluò , shízaì shì túrán le . tā xiàng wǒ yǐ è bào shàn .