So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request.”
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So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request.”
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So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
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So David received of her hand that which she had brought him; and he said unto her: 'Go up in peace to thy house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.'
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 25:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 19:21 He said to him, “Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
- 1 Samuel 20:42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘Yahweh is between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’ ” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.
- 2 Kings 5:19 He said to him, “Go in peace.” So he departed from him a little way.
- 2 Samuel 15:9 The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose, and went to Hebron.
- Job 34:19 He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
- Luke 7:50 He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
- Luke 8:48 He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, received thy face.
Hebrew, received thy face.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 25:35 So David received of her hand [that]…
1Sa 25:35 So David received of her hand [that] which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
Ver. 35. See, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.] The person must be accepted before the suit can be graciously answered, as with man, so with God, who "heareth not sinners"; {Joh 9:31} "but in every nation, he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him": {Act 10:35} he will not hear a good motion from an evil mouth.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. Showed my acceptance of thy person, by my…
i.e. Showed my acceptance of thy person, by my grant of thy request: see Gen 19:21.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So David received of her hand that which she…
So David received of her hand that which she had brought him,.... Her present, Sa1 25:18; and which he kindly took for his own use, as well as for his men; for it was a present for a prince:
and said to her, go up in peace to thine house; in peace of mind, having her request granted, and nothing to fear from David and his men, and so might return home with the greatest safety in her own person, with those that were with her, and be under no apprehensions of danger and destruction to Nabal and his family:
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see, I have hearkened to thy voice; to her arguments and reasonings, which were powerful; to her petitions, which were granted; and to her good counsel and advice, which he took:
and have accepted thy person: done as she desired, forgave the offence, and so lifted her up, as the word signifies, and made her countenance cheerful; received her present kindly, and took well all she said and did; and promised to grant her, for the future, anything that lay in his power, whenever she should apply to him, see Job 42:8.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Accepted - That is, shewed my acceptance of thy…
Accepted - That is, shewed my acceptance of thy person, by my grant of thy request.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Sa 25:35-36. I have accepted thy person — That…
1Sa 25:35-36. I have accepted thy person — That is, showed my acceptance of thy person by my grant of thy request. Behold, he held a feast — As the manner was upon those solemn occasions. Sordid covetousness and vain prodigality were met together in him. Told nothing — As he was then incapable of admonition, his reason and conscience being both asleep.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Face. I have been pleased with thy coming, and…
Face. I have been pleased with thy coming, and granted thy request. (Haydock) --- David had sworn with too much haste. (Calmet) --- "It is sometimes wrong to perform what has been promised, and to keep an oath." (St. Ambrose, Off. i. C. ultra[last chapter])
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).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 35. have accepted thy person] Here in a good…
35. have accepted thy person] Here in a good sense = I have granted thy petition. Cp. Gen_19:21.
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