“ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. ”
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,...
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. Nabal did shear his sheep.
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.
And David heard in the wilderness. — The question of the support of the large band of devoted followers who obeyed David must have been usually a very anxious one. No doubt, contributions from the...
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...
a Rich Man's Churlishness 1 Samuel 25:2-17 This Carmel was a city in the mountains of Judah, ten miles south of Hebron. See Joshua 15:55 . Though a descendant of Caleb, Nabal had none of that...
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...
(4) And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. (5) And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in...
And David heard in the wilderness ,.... In the wilderness of Paran, where he was, and a wilderness it was to him, being in want of food, as the following relation shows: that Nabal did shear his s...
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. Ver. 4. That Nabal did shear his sheep. ] At which time the Jews used to make great feasts, in remembrance of their forefathers th...
Nabal did shear his sheep Which times were celebrated with feasting. That liveth in prosperity In the Hebrew it is, To him that liveth , but the word life in Scripture often signifies happine...
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...
David Sends to Nabal. B. C. 1057. 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions...
Which times were celebrated with feasting and jollity. See 2 Samuel 13:23,24 .
David Contacts Nabal In Order To Share In His Hospitality, Is Rebuffed And Insulted, And Decides On Vengeance ( 1 Samuel 25:4-19 ). In this next passage we are informed about Nabal's incredible an...
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 ruin...
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...
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. Nabal, the churl David never made a wiser choice, and he never said a truer thing, than when he exclaimed, “Let me fall now int...
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...
Nabal's Foolishness
2 Samuel 13:23 ; Genesis 38:13
Shear sheep — Which times were celebrated with feasting.