Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, [even] Nabal: for as his name [is], so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
Ver. 25. For as his name is, so is he.] A very sot, and stark naught. Evil is the Hebrew word for a fool; and the word fool seemeth to come of φαυλος, and Nebulo of Nabal. See 1 Samuel 25:3 .
Nabal is his name, and folly is with him.] A silly simple he is, a very brute. See Jeremiah 4:22. Abigail could not have been a good wife if she had not honoured her unworthy head: yet to save his life she is bold to acknowledge his folly. It is a good disparagement that preserveth. The surgeon lanceth the body to save it.
But I thine handmaid saw not.] And yet must I die also? So it seemeth it was resolved. 1Sa 25:34 Wilt thou slay the innocent with the wicked? Is that God's way?