She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
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She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
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And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
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And she said unto her young men: 'Go on before me; behold, I come after you.' But she told not her husband Nabal.
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Passages linked to 1 Samuel 25:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 32:20 You shall say, ‘Not only that, but behold, your servant, Jacob, is behind us.’ ” For, he said, “I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”
- Genesis 32:16 He delivered them into the hands of his servants, every herd by itself, and said to his servants, “Pass over before me, and put a space between herd and herd.”
- Proverbs 31:11-12 The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.
- Proverbs 31:27 She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Because she knew his crooked nature, that he would…
Because she knew his crooked nature, that he would rather have perished, than consented to her enterprise.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go…
1Sa 25:19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
Ver. 19. Behold, I come after you.] For she knew that none of them all could make her apology so well as herself.
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But she told not her husband Nabal.] Lest that humorist should have crossed her enterprise, and marred all.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain I come after you; for she knew she could…
I come after you; for she knew she could quickly over take them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And she said to her servants, go on before…
And she said to her servants, go on before me,.... With the present, the sight of which she wisely considered would in a great measure pacify David, and prepare him to hear patiently what she had to say to him:
behold, I come after you; signifying it would not be long before she came up to them, and overtook them:
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but she told not her husband Nabal; neither the danger he and his family were in through his conduct, nor the preparations she had made to prevent it; knowing his perverse and obstinate disposition, that it would take up too much time to reason with him, and persuade him, and bring him into proper measures; and which may be observed to excuse the conduct of Abigail in doing what she did, and taking and disposing of her husband's gods, without his knowledge and leave; the case required haste, and it was done to preserve him and his family from imminent ruin; and besides, he might not be in a fit condition to be spoken to, being drunk with passion, or with wine, or both, see Sa1 25:36; and no doubt she was directed by the Spirit of God to do what she did; and this being an extraordinary case, is not to be drawn into an example.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Nabal. Knowing his churlish temper, and that he was…
Nabal. Knowing his churlish temper, and that he was drunk at this time, (ver. 36.; Haydock) she might be well excused from the ordinary laws which forbid a wife to dispose of her husband’s property, without his consent. The emergency left no time for consultation. She gave a part to save the whole. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain she said unto her servants, Go on before me;…
she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you--People in the East always try to produce an effect by their presents, loading on several beasts what might be easily carried by one, and bringing them forward, article by article, in succession. Abigail not only sent her servants in this way, but resolved to go in person, following her present, as is commonly done, to watch the impression which her munificence would produce.
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