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Themes in 1 Samuel 25

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Themes in 1 Samuel 25

1 Samuel 25:1 (show verse)

Samuel died and all Israel assembled to mourn for him. They buried him at his home in Ramah.

Burial » Places used for » Houses of the deceased
Burial » Burying places » Tombs » In houses
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Paran » David takes refuge in
Ramah » Also called ramathaim-zophim » Samuel dies and was buried in
samuel » Death of; the lament for him

David got up and went down to the Wilderness of Paran. Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel of Judah, and the man was very rich. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

Carmel » A city » A city of judah » Nabal's possessions at
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Sheep-shearing
Goat » Numerous
Goat » Jews had large flocks of
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Maon » The place where nabal lived
Nabal » History of
Riches » Examples of wicked men possessing » Nabal
Sheep » Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing

1 Samuel 25:3 (show verse)

The man's name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, while the man was harsh and wicked in his dealings. He was a descendant of Caleb.

Discourtesy » Nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Notable women » Abigail, the capable woman
Selfishness » Exemplified » Nabal
Wife » Tactful abigail
Women » Notable » Abigail, the capable woman

1 Samuel 25:4 (show verse)

While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

the Armies of israel » Mode of provisioning: » Contribution levied
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way

1 Samuel 25:5 (show verse)

David sent ten young men, saying to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, find Nabal, and greet him in my name.

1 Samuel 25:6 (show verse)

Then say, "May you live long. Peace to you, peace to your family, and peace to all that you have.

the Armies of israel » Mode of provisioning: » Contribution levied
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Salutations » Examples of
Salutations » Expressions used as » Peace to thee, and peace to thine house, and peace unto all that thou hast
Salutations » Peace (hebrew: shalom)
Social life » Wedding feasts » Examples of
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way

1 Samuel 25:7 (show verse)

Now, I've heard that the sheep shearers are with you. Now, your shepherds have been with us. We didn't harm them, and they didn't miss anything all the time they were in Carmel.

the Armies of israel » Mode of provisioning: » Contribution levied
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Mountains » Afforded pasturage
Nabal » History of
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way

1 Samuel 25:8 (show verse)

Ask your young men and they'll tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor with you since we came on a special day. Please give whatever you have available to your servants and to your son David.'"

1 Samuel 25:9 (show verse)

David's young men came to Nabal and told him all this in David's name, and then they waited.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way

1 Samuel 25:10 (show verse)

Nabal answered David's servants: "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters.

Contempt » Exemplified » Nabal
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Nabal
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Nabal toward david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Servant » Bond » David erroneously supposed to be a fugitive slave
Social life » Christ entertained in various homes » Inhospitality
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way

1 Samuel 25:11 (show verse)

Should I take my food, my water, and my meat that I've slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men who came from who knows where?"

Contempt » Exemplified » Nabal
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Nabal
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Nabal toward david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Selfishness » Exemplified » Nabal
Selfishness » Examples of » Nabal refuses food to david
Sheep » Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing
Sheep » Feasting at the time of shearing
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way

1 Samuel 25:12 (show verse)

David's men turned and went on their way. They came back and told David everything.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Nabal toward david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way

1 Samuel 25:13 (show verse)

David told his men, "Put on your swords." They put on their swords, and David put on his sword. Then about 400 men followed David, while 200 stayed with the supplies.

1 Samuel 25:14 (show verse)

Now, one of the young men told Nabal's wife Abigail: "Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our lord, but he screamed insults at them.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Nabal toward david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Railing » Instances of
Salutations » Often sent through messengers
Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of abigail
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be anxious for their welfare
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:15 (show verse)

The men were very good to us. They didn't harm us, and we didn't miss anything all the time we moved around with them when we were in the field.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Nabal toward david
Integrity » Instances of » David, in preventing foraging by his insurgent forces
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of abigail
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be anxious for their welfare
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:16 (show verse)

They were a wall around us both day and night, all the time we were with them taking care of the sheep.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Nabal toward david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of abigail
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be anxious for their welfare
Walls » Illustrative » Of those who afford protection
Walls » Designed for defence
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:17 (show verse)

Now, be aware of this and consider what you should do. Calamity is being planned against our master and against his entire household. He's such a worthless person that no one can talk to him."

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Inhospitableness » Instances of » Nabal toward david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Masters' » Bad--exemplified » Nabal
Nabal » History of
Servant » Instances of good » Servants » Of abigail
Servants » Duties of, to masters » To be anxious for their welfare
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:18 (show verse)

Abigail quickly took 200 loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five measures of roasted grain, 100 bunches of raisins, and 200 fig cakes and loaded them on donkeys.

Domestic Donkeys » Was used » For bearing burdens
Bottles » Made of skins » Sometimes probably of large dimensions
Bread » Often given as a present
Bread » How prepared » Made into loaves
Corn » Parched
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
the Diet of the jews » Articles of, often sent as presents
the Diet of the jews » Articles used for » Dried fruit
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
Fig tree » Sent as presents
Food » List of articles » Dried fruit
Food » Articles of » Dried fruit
natural Fruit » Varieties of » Figs
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Labour » Women » Women's Work » fields of activity » Meeting an emergency and saving her household
Measure » A seah, about a peck and a half
Nabal » History of
Presents » Often conveyed on camels, &c
Presents » Things given as » Eatables
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Raisins » Given by abigail to david
Sheep » Flesh of, extensively used as food
Tact » Nabal's wife
Victuals » List of articles » Dried fruit
The vine » The fruit of » Eaten dried
Wife » Tactful abigail
Wine » Custom of presenting to travellers
Wine » Was kept in bottles

1 Samuel 25:19 (show verse)

She told her young men, "Go ahead of me, I'll be coming right behind you." But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:20 (show verse)

She was riding on the donkey and as she went down a protected part of the mountain, David was there with his men, coming down to meet her, and she went toward them.

Domestic Donkeys » Women often rode on
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:21 (show verse)

Now David had said, "Surely it was for nothing that I protected everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was missing of all that belonged to him. But he has repaid me with evil for good!

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Evil for good » Instances of » Nabal returns, to david
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
Ingratitude » To man, instances of
Ingratitude » Exemplified » Nabal
Ingratitude » Of man to man » Nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:22 (show verse)

May the LORD do this to the enemies of David and more also if by the morning I've left alive a single male of all those who belong to him."

1 Samuel 25:23 (show verse)

When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from the donkey and fell on her face before David, prostrating herself on the ground.

Ass (donkey) » Domesticated » Used for riding
Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Salutations » By bowing
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:24 (show verse)

She fell at his feet and pleaded, "Your majesty, let the guilt be on me alone, and please let your servant speak to you. Listen to the words of your servant.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Feet » Respect exhibited by falling at
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Christ's intercession with the father for mankind » Examples of man's with his fellow-men
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Prayer » Intercessory Christ's intercession with the father for mankind » Examples of man's with his fellow-men
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Revenge » Keep others from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:25 (show verse)

Please, your majesty, don't pay attention to this worthless man Nabal, for he's just like his name. Nabal is his name and folly is his constant companion. But I, your servant, didn't see your majesty's young men whom you sent.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Unworthy husbands
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Revenge » Keep others from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:26 (show verse)

Now, your majesty, as the LORD lives and as you live, the LORD has kept you from shedding blood and from delivering yourself by your own actions. Now, may your enemies and those seeking to do evil to your majesty be like Nabal.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Oaths » Expressions used as » As thy soul liveth
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Revenge » Keep others from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:27 (show verse)

Now let this present that your servant has brought to your majesty be given to the young men who follow your majesty.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
the Diet of the jews » Articles of, often sent as presents
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Presents » Were given » To appease the angry feelings of others
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Revenge » Keep others from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Travelers » Of distinction » Generally attended by running footmen
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:28 (show verse)

Please forgive the offense of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make a strong dynasty for your majesty, for your majesty is fighting the LORD's battles. May evil not be found in you for all of your life.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Obedience » Instances of » David
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Presents » Were given » To appease the angry feelings of others
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Revenge » Keep others from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:29 (show verse)

If anyone should arise to pursue you and seek your life, may the life of your majesty be bound up with the LORD your God in a bundle of the living, and may he sling out the lives of your enemies from the pocket of a sling.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Revenge » Keep others from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:30 (show verse)

When the LORD does for your majesty all the good that he promised concerning you and appoints you Commander-in-Chief over Israel,

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Revenge » Keep others from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:31 (show verse)

this shouldn't be an obstacle or stumbling block for your majesty's conscience, that he poured out blood without cause or that your majesty delivered himself. When the LORD does good things for your majesty, remember your servant."

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Diplomacy » Instances of » Of abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Prudence » Instances of » Abigail, in averting david's anger
Revenge » Keep others from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:32 (show verse)

David told Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Revenge » Be thankful for being kept from taking
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:33 (show verse)

Blessed be your good judgment, and blessed be you, who today stopped me from shedding blood and delivering myself by my own actions.

1 Samuel 25:34 (show verse)

For as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives, the one who restrained me from harming you indeed, had you not quickly come to meet me, by dawn there wouldn't be a single male left to Nabal."

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:35 (show verse)

David took from her what she had brought him and told her, "Go up to your house in peace. Look, I've heard your request and will grant it."

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Fig » Cakes of, sent by abigail to david
intercession » Instances of » Abigail for nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Presents » Were given » To appease the angry feelings of others
Tact » Nabal's wife
Wife » Tactful abigail

1 Samuel 25:36 (show verse)

Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal's heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn't tell him anything at all until morning.

Decision » Instances of » Abigail
Drunkenness » Exemplified » Nabal
Drunkenness » Examples of » Nabal
Drunkenness » Instances of » Nabal
Entertainments » Given on occasions of » Sheep-shearing
Entertainments » Often scenes of great intemperance
Feasts » Given by kings
Feasts » Drunkenness at
Intemperance » Examples of » Nabal
Intoxication » Examples of » Nabal
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Nabal » History of
Revelry » Revelry at social functions
Sheep » Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing
Sheep » Feasting at the time of shearing
Social functions » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
Social life » Wedding feasts » Revelry at
Tact » Nabal's wife
Temperance » Drunkards examples of » Nabal
Wife » Tactful abigail
Wine » Instances of intoxication from » Nabal

Feet » Washing for others, a menial office
Guests » Hospitality to » Washing the feet of
King » Ceremonial recognition of » Prostration
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Marriage » Consent of the parties necessary to
Obsequiousness » Instances of » Abigail
Polygamy » David
Servants » Slaves or bond » Engaged in the most menial offices
Social life » Guests advices to » Washing the feet of
Washing » Of feet
Wife » Tactful abigail