1 Samuel 25:33

33 ¡Gracias a Dios por tu buen juicio! Bendita seas, pues me has impedido matar y llevar a cabo mi venganza con mis propias manos.

1 Samuel 25:33 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:33

And blessed [be] thy advice
Thanks be to God, and to thee for it, being wise, good, and seasonable; or "thy taste" ^F7, thy good sense, knowledge, as the Targum, discretion, prudence, and understanding: and blessed [be] thou which hast kept me this day from coming to [shed]
blood;
he came out with a full resolution to shed the blood of Nabal, and of all the males in his house, but was stopped by Abigail; who by her arguments so prevailed upon him as to cause him to desist from his design, and thankful he was to God for it; for though he had vowed he would destroy Nabal and his family, yet being a rash sinful vow, he saw it was better to break it than to keep it: and from avenging myself with mine own hand;
which to do would have been sinful, vengeance only belonging to God; and now he leaves it to him, and is very thankful that he was prevented doing it himself.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Kmej) "sapor tuus", Piscator; "discretio tua", Montanus.

1 Samuel 25:33 In-Context

31 que esta no sea una sombra en su historial. Entonces su conciencia no tendrá que llevar la pesada carga de derramamiento de sangre y venganza innecesarios. Y cuando el Señor
haya hecho estas grandes cosas para usted, por favor, ¡acuérdese de mí, su sierva!

32 David le respondió a Abigail:
—¡Alabado sea el Señor
, Dios de Israel, quien hoy te ha enviado a mi encuentro!

33 ¡Gracias a Dios por tu buen juicio! Bendita seas, pues me has impedido matar y llevar a cabo mi venganza con mis propias manos.

34 Juro por el Señor
, Dios de Israel, quien me ha librado de hacerte daño, que si no te hubieras apresurado a venir a mi encuentro, mañana por la mañana ninguno de los hombres de Nabal habría quedado con vida.

35 Entonces David aceptó su regalo y le dijo:
—Vuelve a tu casa en paz. Escuché lo que dijiste y no mataremos a tu esposo.