1 Samuel 25:32-34 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:32-35

As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear, Prov. 25:12. Abigail was a wise reprover of David's passion, and he gave an obedient ear to the reproof, according to his own principle (Ps. 141:5): Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness. Never was such an admonition either better given or better taken. I. David gives God thanks for sending him this happy check to a sinful way (1 Sam. 25:32): Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:32

And David said to Abigail ,.... Having heard her out, and being overcome with her rhetoric and powerful arguments: blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me ; who put it into her heart to come out and meet him, and endeavour to avert him from his bad design, which his heart was set upon; he saw plainly the hand of God in it, and in the first place acknowledges the goodness of divine Providence, in directing her to take the step she did. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 טעמך "sapor tuus", Piscator; "discretio tua", Montanus. , 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:34

For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth ,.... An oath for the confirmation of what he was about to say: which hath kept me back from hurting thee : from doing any ill to her family, as he intended, though not to her person, his resolution being only to slay the males; but that would have been an hurt, an evil, an affliction to Abigail, from which the Lord in his providence restrained him, and that through her good advice: except thou hadst hasted, and come to meet me :... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:32-35

David, in his thankful acknowledgment of Abigail's remonstrance, sees in it the hand of Jehovah the God of Israel, who had sent her, i.e. stirred her up to come. He commends also her advice , literally, her "taste," i.e. wisdom, discretion. It is the word rendered behaviour in 1 Samuel 21:13 . But for this prudent conduct on her part in thus coming to meet him on the way, he solemnly assures her on oath that nothing could have saved Nabal and every male in his household from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:32-35

Restraining mercy. The facts are— 1 . David, recognising the hand of God, expresses his sense of his mercy and blesses Abigail for her advice. 2 . He perceives, in the light of her remonstrance, the terrible evil of the passion that had swayed him. 3 . Accepting her present, he dismisses her in peace. The success of Abigail's wise conduct was now assured in a good man being saved the guilt and shame of acting at variance with his professed trust in God; and while duly honouring... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 25:32-33

1 Samuel 25:32-33. Blessed be the Lord, &c. Who, by his gracious providence, so disposed matters that thou shouldst come to me. He rightly begins at the fountain of this deliverance; and then proceeds to the instruments. Who hast kept me from coming, &c. Which I had sworn to do. Hereby it plainly appears, that oaths, whereby men bind themselves to any sin, are null and void; and, as it was a sin to make them, so it is adding sin to sin to perform them. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:1-44

David marries Abigail (25:1-44)At this point we are told that Samuel died (25:1). David, at the time, was having trouble supporting his six hundred men. It seems that his men provided protection for farmers against the raiding Philistines (see v. 16, 21), and then demanded that the farmers pay them by giving them food supplies (see v. 8, 18, 27, 35). One wealthy farmer, Nabal, refused to pay and insulted David. Furious at Nabal’s response, David set out with four hundred of his men to deal with... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 25:33

advice = good taste. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 25:32

DAVID ACCEPTS ABIGAIL'S REPROOF AND THANKS HER"And David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand! For as surely as the Lord the God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male." Then... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:32-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:34

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:32-35

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:32-35

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Samuel 25:32-33

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:1-44

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Samuel 25:33

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Samuel 25:32

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