{"id":7900,"date":"2022-09-24T02:19:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T07:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-samuel-2527\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T02:19:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T07:19:46","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-samuel-2527","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-samuel-2527\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 25:27"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 27<\/strong>. <em> this blessing<\/em> ] So a complimentary present is styled in ch. <span class='bible'>1Sa 30:26<\/span>. Cp. Gen 33:11 ; <span class='bible'>2Co 9:5<\/span> (  , as here in the Sept.).<\/p>\n<p><em> unto the young men<\/em> ] She does not presume to offer it for David&rsquo;s own use.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>This blessing; <\/B>so a gift or present is called here, and <span class='bible'>Gen 33:11<\/span>, and elsewhere; not only because the matter of it comes from Gods blessing, but also because it is given with a blessing, or with a good will. <\/P> <P><B>Let it even be given unto the young men, <\/B>as being unworthy of thine acceptance or use. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>And now this blessing, which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord<\/strong>,&#8230;. The present, consisting of the things mentioned in<\/p>\n<p> <span class='bible'>1Sa 25:18<\/span>; which came as a blessing from God, and with good will from her:<\/p>\n<p><strong>let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord<\/strong>; the servants of David: in the original it is, &#8220;that walk at the feet of my lord&#8221;: and which the Targum paraphrases, &#8220;who minister before my lord&#8221;; and so Abigail&#8217;s damsels are called &#8220;pedissequae&#8221;, or &#8220;that walked at her feet&#8221;, <span class='bible'>1Sa 25:42<\/span>; and with the Romans, in later times, servants were called a &#8220;pedibus&#8221; and &#8220;pedissequi&#8221; d. This also is very artfully said, as if the present was not good enough for David, and worthy of his acceptance; might be agreeable to his men, and of service to them.<\/p>\n<p>d Vid. Pignorium de Servis, p. 140, 248, 293.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(27) <strong>This blessing.<\/strong>That is to say, <em>gift. <\/em>Of this Abigail makes little accountit was simply an expression of her homage and good will. It was not intended, of course, for David, but for his company; but she brought it, as is the custom in the East where an inferior approaches a superior, whether as a visitor or as a suppliant, to bring in the hand gifts. Let it be given, she added, to his companions.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 1Sa 25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.<\/p>\n<p> Ver. 27. <strong> And now this blessing,<\/strong> ] <em> i.e., <\/em> This present, the fruit of God&rsquo;s blessing. <\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/p>\n<p> Let it even be given unto the young men.<\/strong> ] For of thine acceptance or personal use I hold it not worthy.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>blessing = present. <\/p>\n<p>brought. Verb is masculine; and is so when women act in masculine way, and feminine when men act in feminine way. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>blessing: or, present, 1Sa 30:26, Gen 33:11, 2Ki 5:15, 2Co 9:5 <\/p>\n<p>follow: Heb. walk at the feet of, 1Sa 25:42, *marg. Jdg 4:10, 2Sa 16:2 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Gen 32:13 &#8211; a present Gen 43:11 &#8211; carry down Jos 15:19 &#8211; a blessing Jdg 1:15 &#8211; a blessing 2Sa 15:16 &#8211; after him Pro 18:16 &#8211; General Pro 31:12 &#8211; General Isa 36:16 &#8211; Make an agreement with me by a present<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>1Sa 25:27. Now this blessing  That is, this present or gift. The same phrase is used, 1Sa 30:26; 2Ki 5:15. A present is termed a blessing, not only because the matter of it comes from Gods blessing, but also because it is given with a blessing, or with a good will. Let it be given unto the young men  As being unworthy of Davids own acceptance. Thus humbly she speaks of the noble present she had brought.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. 27. this blessing ] So a complimentary present is styled in ch. 1Sa 30:26. Cp. Gen 33:11 ; 2Co 9:5 ( , as here in the Sept.). unto the young &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-samuel-2527\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 25:27&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}