1 Samuel 25:21-33
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 lighted Josh 15:18; Judg 1:14 fell 1Sam 20:41, 1Sam 24:8 fell 2Kgs 4:37; Esth 8:3; Matt 18:29 Upon 1Sam 25:28; Gen 44:33-34; 2Sam 14:9; Phlm 1:18-19 let thine Gen 44:18; 2Sam 14:12 audience Heb. ears regard Heb. lay it to his heart, 2Sam 13:33; Isa 42:25; Mal 2:2 man of Belial 1Sam 25:17, 1Sam 25:26 Nabal that is, fool as the Lord liveth 1Sam 25:34, 1Sam 22:3; 2Kgs 2:2, 2Kgs 4:6 and as thy 1Sam 1:26 the Lord hath 1Sam 25:33; Gen 20:6 from Rom 12:19-20 avenging thyself Heb. saving thyself, Ps 18:47-48, Ps 44:3 now let 2Sam 18:32; Jer 29:22; Dan 4:19 blessing or, present, 1Sam 30:26; Gen 33:11; 2Kgs 5:15; 2Cor 9:5 follow Heb. walk at the feet of, 1Sam 25:42 *marg. Judg 4:10; 2Sam 16:2 forgive 1Sam 25:24 the Lord 1Sam 15:28; 2Sam 7:11, 2Sam 7:16, 2Sam 7:27; 1Kgs 9:5; 1Chr 17:10, 1Chr 17:25; Ps 89:29 fighteth 1Sam 17:47, 1Sam 18:17; 2Sam 5:2; 2Chr 20:15; Eph 6:10-11 evil hath 1Sam 24:6-7, 1Sam 24:11, 1Sam 24:17; 1Kgs 15:5; Ps 119:1-3; Matt 5:16; Luke 23:41, Luke 23:47 bound The metaphors in this verse are derived from the consideration, that things of value are collected together, and often tied up in bundles, like sheaves of corn, to prevent their being scattered and lost, and that whatever is put into a sling is not intended to be preserved, but to be thrown away. 1Sam 2:9; Gen 15:1; Deut 33:29; Ps 66:9, Ps 116:15; Mal 3:17; Matt 10:29-30 with the Lord John 10:27-30, John 14:19, John 17:21, John 17:23; Col 3:3-4; 1Pet 1:5 sling out Jer 10:18 as out of the middle of a sling Heb. in the midst of the bow of a sling according 1Sam 13:14, 1Sam 15:28, 1Sam 23:17; Ps 89:20 grief Heb. staggering, or, stumbling, Prov 5:12-13; Rom 14:21; 2Cor 1:12 avenged 1Sam 25:33, 1Sam 24:15, 1Sam 26:23; 2Sam 22:48; Ps 94:1; Rom 12:19 remember 1Sam 25:40; Gen 40:14; Luke 23:42 David overlooks the rich and seasonable present of Abigail, though pressed with hunger and wearied with travel; but her advice, which disarmed his rage, and calmed his revenge, draws forth these high and affectionate gratulations. These were his joyful and glorious trophies; not over his enemies, but over himself. Gen 24:27; Exod 18:10; Ezra 7:27; Ps 41:12-13, Ps 72:18; Luke 1:68; 2Cor 8:16 blessed Ps 141:5; Prov 9:9, Prov 17:10, Prov 25:12, Prov 27:21, Prov 28:23 which hast 1Sam 25:26 avenging 1Sam 25:26, 1Sam 25:31, 1Sam 24:19, 1Sam 26:9-10
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