1 Samuel 25:32

And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָּוִ֖ד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּ֥אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Abigail	לַאֲבִיגַ֑ל la.'a.vi.Gal	H26	Abigail or Abigal · preposition + proper noun, a woman's name
Blessed	בָּר֤וּךְ ba.Rukh	H1288	to kneel · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י 'e.lo.Hei	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
sent	שְׁלָחֵ֛ךְ she.la.Chekh	H7971	to send away · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
day	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
meet	קִרְאָה qirʼâh	H7125	an encountering

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,
Genesis 24:27 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the…
Exodus 18:10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath deli…
Psalms 72:18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Ezra 7:27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is…
2 Corinthians 8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
Psalms 41:12-13 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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, Pro 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 (Psa 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 (Sa1 25:32): Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me. Note, 1. God is to be acknowledged in all the kindnesses that our friends do us either for soul or body. Whoever meet us with counsel, direction, comfort, caution, or seasonable r…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:32

David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord--Transported by passion and blinded by revenge, he was on the eve of perpetrating a great injury. Doubtless, the timely appearance and prudent address of Abigail were greatly instrumental in changing his purpose. At all events, it was the means of opening his eyes to the moral character of the course on which he had been impetuously rushing; and in accepting her present, he speaks with lively satisfaction as well as gratitude to Abigail, for having relieved him from bloodshed.

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 25:29

Shall be bound in the bundle of life - Thy life shall be precious in the sight of the Lord: it shall be found in the bundle of life; it shall be supported by Him who is the Spring and Fountain of life, and ever be found united to those who are most favored by the Almighty. Them shall he sling out - Far from being bound and kept together in union with the Fountain of life, he will cast them off from himself as a stone is cast out from a sling. This betokens both force and violence.

John Gill on 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.

The Church Fathers

And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, etc. The Lord refers the grace to the believing synagogue to the glory of the Father, signifying that we should always bless and praise Him; also rewarding the believing synagogue that prays even for the unbelievers with deserved blessing. Simultaneously showing how pleasing He considers a prayer that is made with a benevolent mind for the adversaries.
— 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…
Fig · General references — General references
Intercession · .Abigail for Nabal — .Abigail for Nabal
Nabal · History of — History of
Revenge · Be thankful for being kept from taking — Be thankful for being kept from taking
Tact · Nabal’ s wife — Nabal’ s wife
Wife · Tactful Abigail — Tactful Abigail

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Samuel 25:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:32-35

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:32

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 25:29

John Gill on 1 Samuel 25:32

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

1 Samuel 25:32

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:32-35

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 25:32

Adam Clarke on 1 Samuel 25:29

John Gill on 1 Samuel 25:32

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Samuel 25:2–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 25:29

Rashi on 1 Samuel 25:31