1 Samuel 25:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then remember thine handmaid. — With exquisite grace Abigail wound up her earnest simple words to the king of the future with a reference to the period when those happy days, to which she looked forward with such certainty, should have arrived — then David must have no deeds of violence, of furious passion, and of shed blood to look back upon. When that golden time should have come — as come it surely would — he must remember then that Abigail, who was now speaking to him, had saved him from the commission of a wild and sinful act, and, in grateful memory for the good service, must then look kindly on her from his throne.