1 Samuel 25:1-6

1 Muerte de Samuel
Murió Samuel, y todo Israel se reunió para su funeral. Lo enterraron en su casa en Ramá.
Nabal hace enojar a David
Luego David bajó al desierto de Maón.

2 Había un hombre rico de Maón que tenía propiedades cerca de la ciudad de Carmelo. Tenía tres mil ovejas y mil cabras, y era el tiempo de la esquila.

3 Este hombre se llamaba Nabal, y su esposa, Abigail, era una mujer sensata y hermosa. Pero Nabal, descendiente de Caleb, era grosero y mezquino en todos sus asuntos.

4 Cuando David se enteró de que Nabal esquilaba sus ovejas,

5 envió a diez de sus hombres jóvenes a Carmelo con el siguiente mensaje para Nabal:

6 «¡Paz y prosperidad para ti, para tu familia y para todo lo que posees!

1 Samuel 25:1-6 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.