1 Samuel 25:38 NASB,NIV

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 25:1-44

1 Samuel 25:1 b – 1 Samuel 25:44 . David, Nabal and Abigail (J).— From one of the oldest sources. The story is complete in itself, and has no obvious connexion with any of the other sections. 1 Samuel 25:1 b – 1 Samuel 25:13 . David goes to the wilderness of Paran at the S. of the Arabah ( 1 Samuel 23:24 *). (Some read “ Maon” for “ Paran” with LXX.) At Carmel ( 1 Samuel 15:12 *) there was a wealthy sheikh, Nabal, a member of the clan Caleb, whose headquarters were at Hebron ( Judges 1:20).... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Samuel 25:38

God either inflicted some other stroke or disease upon him, or increased his grief and fear to such a height as killed him. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:2-44

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—1 Samuel 25:2. “Maon.” A city of Judah (Joshua 15:55), situated on a hill now called Tell Main, about seven or eight miles south of Hebron. It is now in ruins. “Carmel.” This word literally means a fertile region, and is applied also to the promontory on the north-east of Palestine, famous in the history of Elijah. The place here so named is the present Kurmul and its neighbourhood, about a mile north-west of Maon. David had before taken shelter near Maon. (See the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:1-44

Chapter 25Now Samuel died; and all of the Israelites were gathered together, and lamenting him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very wealthy, he had three thousand sheep, a thousand goats: and they were shearing his sheep there in Carmel ( 1 Samuel 25:1-2 ).Now Carmel is the mountain range that goes from east to west. It starts at the port city of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 25:1-44

1 Samuel 25:1 . Samuel died, four months, say the rabbins, before the death of Saul. The elders of the nation from all the tribes attended, to behold the glory of a setting sun, which left its lustre bright on high. His bones, says Jerome, were long after removed to Constantinople, over which Justin the emperor raised a monument. 1 Samuel 25:3 . The name of the man was Nabal, a stubborn foolish man. His estates lay in Carmel, where his thousand goats could leap on the rocks, and his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Samuel 25:38

1 Samuel 25:38And blessed be thy advice.Good adviceI. It is well to be ready to take advice. The older we grow the more ready most of us are to be advised regarding our plans and purposes. We know better the wisdom of being so. It is generally the young who scorn advice. They are apt to think they know everything that needs to be known.II. It is important to go to the best sources for advice. If you were in doubt as to your way in London, the best plan would be to ask a policeman. He is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:38

1Sa 25:38 And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. Ver. 38. About ten days after. ] All which time he lay like a block in his bed, without repentance or confidence in God; but condemned of his own conscience, he went to his place without noise. Let this be a warning to drunkards. The Lord smote Nabal, that he died. ] Deadly diseases are God’s strokes; and especially if they be sudden, and soon make an end of men. Hippocrates calleth the pestilence... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Samuel 25:38

the Lord: 1 Samuel 25:33, 1 Samuel 6:9, Exodus 12:29, 2 Kings 15:5, 2 Kings 19:35, 2 Chronicles 10:15, Acts 12:23 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 26:10 - the Lord liveth 2 Samuel 12:15 - struck the child 2 Chronicles 13:20 - Lord Psalms 37:10 - thou Proverbs 11:29 - that Ecclesiastes 7:17 - why Jeremiah 4:9 - that the heart read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Samuel 25:38

And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.Smote — God either inflicted some other stroke upon him, or increased his grief and fear to such an height, as killed him. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Samuel 25:38

38. The Lord smote Nabal With another stroke, similar in nature to the first, but much more terrible, and which resulted in putting an end to his life. Interpreters have generally, and very naturally, supposed it to have been a stroke of apoplexy. read more