1 Samuel 25:28

I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
forgive	שָׂ֥א sa'	H5375	to lift · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
trespass	לְפֶ֣שַׁע le.Fe.sha'	H6588	a revolt (national · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
handmaid	אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ 'a.ma.Te.kha	H519	a maidservant or female slave · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֨ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
certainly	עָשֹֽׂה 'a.soh-	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal infinitive absolute
make	יַעֲשֶׂה֩ ya.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
lord	לַֽאדֹנִ֜י la.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
sure	נֶאֱמָ֗ן ne.'e.Man	H539	properly · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
house	בַּ֣יִת Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular absolute
lord	אֲדֹנִ֣י 'a.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
fighteth	נִלְחָ֔ם nil.Cham	H3898	to feed on · verb, niphal active participle, masculine singular absolute
battles	מִלְחֲמ֤וֹת mil.cha.Mot	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · noun, common feminine plural construct
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
evil	וְרָעָ֛ה ve.ra.'Ah	H7451	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
found	תִמָּצֵ֥א ti.ma.Tze'	H4672	properly · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular
days	מִיָּמֶֽיךָ mi.ya.Mei.kha	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

1 Samuel 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD’s batt…
2 Samuel 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LOR…
1 Samuel 24:11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know…
1 Chronicles 17:25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before th…
1 Kings 9:5 Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a…
1 Chronicles 17:10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee th…
2 Samuel 7:16 And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
2 Samuel 7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:18-31

We have here an account of Abigail's prudent management for the preserving of her husband and family from the destruction that was just coming upon them; and we find that she did her part admirably well and fully answered her character. The passion of fools often makes those breaches in a little time which the wise, with all their wisdom, have much ado to make up again. It is hard to say whether Abigail was more miserable in such a husband or Nabal happy in such a wife. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, to protect as well as adorn, and will do him good and not evil. Wisdom in such a case as this was better than weapons of war. 1. It was her wisdom that what she did she did quickly,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:26

let thine enemies . . . be as Nabal--be as foolish and contemptible as he.

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 25:28

And evil hath not been found in thee - Thou hast not committed any act of this kind hitherto.

John Gill on 1 Samuel 25:28

I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid,.... The trespasses, as the Targum, either the sin of her husband, she had taken upon herself, or her boldness in troubling him with her petitions and solicitations, and even with the present she had brought: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; or a firm kingdom, as the Targum; would raise him to the kingdom of Israel, and establish it in his posterity, that it should not be taken from him, as it would be from Saul: because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord; the battles of the people of the Lord, as the Targum, of the people of Israel against the Philistines; which he had often done with success, the Lord being w…

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Keil & Delitzsch

The Church Fathers

Take away the iniquity of your servant, etc. Wash me more, he says, from my injustice, and cleanse me from my sin (Psalm 51). For I believe and confess without any doubt, that when the plans of the persecutors are suppressed and defeated, God the Father, who alone is sufficient to save and protect the world from the evil one, will multiply far and wide the people consecrated by your faith.
— Bede, Commentary on Samuel

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Dictionary and topics

Abigail — Father (i.e., “leader”) of the dance, or “of joy.” (1.) The sister of David, and wife of Jether an Ishmaelite (1 Chr. 2:16, 17). She was the mother of Amasa (2 Sam. 17:25). (2.) The wife of the…
Booty — Captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The “pictures and images” of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Num.…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Nabal — Foolish, a descendant of Caleb who dwelt at Maon (1 Sam. 25), the modern Main, 7 miles south-east of Hebron. He was “very great, and he had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats...but the man was churlish and…
Diplomacy · .Of Abigail — .Of Abigail
Fig · General references — General references
Intercession · .Abigail for Nabal — .Abigail for Nabal
Nabal · History of — History of
Obsequiousness · .Abigail — .Abigail
Presents · Were given: To appease the angry feelings of others — Were given: To appease the angry feelings of others
Prudence · .Abigail, in averting David’ s anger — .Abigail, in averting David’ s anger
Revenge · Keep others from taking — Keep others from taking

1 Samuel 25:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:18-31

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:26

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 25:28

John Gill on 1 Samuel 25:28

Keil & Delitzsch

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 25:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:18-31

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:26

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 25:28

John Gill on 1 Samuel 25:28

Keil & Delitzsch

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 25:28

Rashi on 1 Samuel 25:28