Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 25:34

For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

Hath kept me back from hurting thee; not that he intended to kill her, but the males only; as was noted in 1Sa 25:22. But their destruction was a dreadful affliction and damage to her.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

For in very deed, [as] the Lord God of Israel liveth,…. An oath for the confirmation of what he was about to say:

which hath kept me back from hurting thee: from doing any ill to her family, as he intended, though not to her person, his resolution being only to slay the males; but that would have been an hurt, an evil, an affliction to Abigail, from which the Lord in his providence restrained him, and that through her good advice:

except thou hadst hasted, and come to meet me: if she had not made quick dispatch in preparing her present, or had stayed to persuade her husband into her measures; if she had delayed a little longer, David would have been at Nabal’s house, executing his vengeance on him and his:

surely there had not been left unto Nabal, by the morning light, any that pisseth against the wall: [See comments on 1Sa 25:22].

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

1Sa 25:34 For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

Ver. 34. Which hath kept me back from hurting thee. ] The females also therefore had perished, and not the males only, as some have gathered from that proverbial expression, any that pisseth against the wall.

Except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me. ] That was a worthy saying of Alphonsus, king of Arragon, a valiant and wise warrior, Decet ducem invictum, habere animum, si res sit iusta; at ubi conatus est iniustus, praestat regredi quam progredi. A general in a good cause should be unalterable, unvanquishable; but if he and it to be otherwise, he had better stop or step backward, than to go on further with it.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

kept me back: 1Sa 25:26

hasted: 1Sa 25:18, 1Sa 11:11, Jos 10:6, Jos 10:9

there had: 1Sa 25:22

Reciprocal: Gen 20:6 – withheld 1Sa 25:37 – had told him 1Sa 25:39 – kept his servant 1Ki 14:10 – him that pisseth 1Ki 16:11 – he left him 1Ki 21:21 – him that pisseth Job 27:2 – God liveth 1Co 13:4 – vaunteth not itself

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

25:34 For in very deed, [as] the LORD God of Israel liveth, {p} which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.

(p) He attributes it to the Lord’s mercy, and not to himself that he was stayed.

Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes