1Sa 25:18-22 | TSK | e4.org | made haste ; ; ; took two The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers to our cakes. , ; ; , two bottles That is, two goatskins' full. five sheep Not one sheep to one hundred men. clusters Heb. lumps, Raisins dried in the sun, cakes of figs Figs cured and then pressed together. Now all this provision was a matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured his good offices.

‏ 1 Samuel 25:18-22

made haste 1Sam 25:34; Num 16:46-48; Prov 6:4-5; Matt 5:25

took two The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers to our cakes. Gen 32:13-20, Gen 43:11-14; 2Sam 17:28-29; Prov 18:16, Prov 21:14

two bottles That is, two goatskins' full.

five sheep Not one sheep to one hundred men.

clusters Heb. lumps, Raisins dried in the sun, 2Sam 16:1

cakes of figs Figs cured and then pressed together. Now all this provision was a matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured his good offices.

Go Gen 32:16, Gen 32:20

But Prov 31:11-12, Prov 31:27

rode 2Kgs 4:24

she came down David was coming down mount Paran; Abigail was coming down from Carmel.

Surely 1Sam 25:13; Job 30:8; Ps 37:8; Eph 4:26, Eph 4:31; 1Thess 5:15; 1Pet 2:21-23, 1Pet 3:9

he hath requited Gen 44:4; Ps 35:12, Ps 38:20, Ps 109:3-5; Prov 17:13; Jer 18:20; Rom 12:21; 1Pet 2:20, 1Pet 3:17

So and more Nothing can justify this conduct of David, which was rash, unjust, and cruel in the extreme. David himself condemns it, and thanks God for being prevented from executing this evil (1Sam 25:32-34). 1Sam 3:17, 1Sam 14:44, 1Sam 20:13, 1Sam 20:16; Ruth 1:17

if I leave 1Sam 25:34

any that pisseth etc. This seems to have been a proverbial expression among the Israelites; and may with the utmost propriety be read "any male." 1Kgs 14:10, 1Kgs 16:11, 1Kgs 21:21; 2Kgs 9:8