1 Samuel 25:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. ”

1 Samuel 25:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In his house at Ramah - Probably in the court or garden attached to his dwelling-house. (Compare 2 Chronicles 33:20 ; 2 Kings 21:18 ; John 19:41 .) The wilderness of Paran - The Septuagint...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his (a) house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. (a) That is, am...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 a. (to Ramah). Death and Burial of Samuel. (An editorial addition.) 1 Samuel 25:1 . in his house: in the grounds belonging to it. 1 Samuel 25:1 b - 1 Samuel 25:44 . David,...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

lamented . As for. second Moses. Compare Jeremiah 15:1 . in . by, or near. down . Topography here is most exact. It is. continuous descent to the Negeb for more than. day's journey.
1 Samuel 25:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And Samuel died - Sa...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Samuel died— This great prophet was in the ninety-seventh or ninety-eighth year of his age: he had ruled sixteen, or, as others think, twenty years before the reign of Saul, and judged the Isra...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. Samuel died...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Death of Samuel. The Incident of Nabal. David and Abigail 1. Paran] That part of the desert between Sinai and Palestine which bordered on Judah.
1 Samuel 25:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And Samuel died. — At this period — namely, about the time when Saul and David met at En-gedi — died Samuel, full of years and honour — perhaps rather than honours, for a long time the old prophe...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXII. DAVID AND NABAL. 1 Samuel 25:1-44 . WE should be forming far too low an estimate of the character of the people of Israel if we did not believe that they were very profoundly mo...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Kindness Wakens a Better Spirit 1 Samuel 24:16-22 ; 1 Samuel 25:1 David's noble self-restraint, followed as it was by no less noble words, awoke the best side of Saul's nature. Chords began to...
1 Samuel 25:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now have the account of Samuel's death. Notwithstanding all Israel's failure to realize his high ideals, it was impossible that they should not recognize his greatness, and it is easy to believe t...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter contains a great variety of contents, in its relation. Here is an account of the death of Samuel; the character and behaviour of Nabal towards David; the sin-preventing provide...
1 Samuel 25:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Samuel died ,.... In the interval, when Saul and David were parted, and before they saw each other again; according to the Jewish chronology g, Samuel died four months before Saul; but other Jew...
1 Samuel 25:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. Ver. 1. And Samue...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And Samuel died According to the best chronologers, he governed Israel after the death of Eli sixteen years or upward, and lived about forty years after in the reign of Saul; and all the Israelite...
1 Samuel 25:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David's moral victory over Saul and over his own natural instincts has been most admirable. However, in this chapter we see him showing just the opposite attitude. It seems hardly possible that this...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Samuel. B. C. 1057. 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 SAMUEL CHAPTER 25 Samuel dieth: David goeth to the wilderness of Paran, 1 Samuel 25:1 . Nabal's riches, 1 Samuel 25:2 . His and his wife Abigail's nature and condition, 1 Samuel 25:3 . D...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The End Of A Prophet and An Introduction To A Fool ( 1 Samuel 25:1-3 ). The death of Samuel introduces a period of folly, possibly in order to bring out what the loss of his influence resulted in....
1 Samuel 25:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 25:1 . “ And Samuel died .” Josephus says that “Samuel governed and presided over the people alone, after the death of Eli, twelve years, and eighteen year...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 lus...
1 Samuel 25:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Samuel died, and all the Israelites were gathered together and lamented him. “When I die, will I be missed?” “And Samuel died; and all Israel lamented him.” What an epitaph! What a characte...
1 Samuel 25:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION DEATH OF SAMUEL ( 1 Samuel 25:1 ). 1 Samuel 25:1 And Samuel died. According to Josephus, Samuel had for eighteen years been contemporaneous with Saul's kingdom. If this...
1 Samuel 25:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Samuel died, his death taking place at about this critical time in the history of Israel; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah,...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:34 ; 1 Samuel 28:3 ; 1 Samuel 7:17 ; 2 Chronicles 33:20 ; Acts 8:2 ; Deuteronomy 34:8 ; Genesis 14:6 ; Genesis 21:21 ; Genesis 50:11 ; Isaiah 14:18 ; Numbers 10:12 ; Numbers 12:...
1 Samuel 25:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lamented him — Those have hard hearts, that can bury their faithful ministers with dry eyes, and are not sensible of the loss of them who have prayed for them, and taught them the way of the Lord.

1 Samuel 25:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

1 Samuel 25:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 25:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 25:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 25:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 25:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 25:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 25:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

1 Samuel 25:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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

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

1 Samuel 25:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 25:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 25:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 25:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes