31<\/strong>. grief<\/em> ] The Heb. word, which occurs nowhere else, probably means stumbling-block.<\/strong> Such a crime as David had meditated would have remained as an obstacle in the way of his enjoying a clear conscience.<\/p>\n Nor offence of heart unto my lord; <\/B>thy mind and conscience will be free from all the torment which the guilt and shame of such an action would cause in thee. By which, she cunningly insinuates what a blemish this would be to his glory, what a disturbance to his peace and felicity, if he proceeded to execute his purpose; and withal implies how sweet and comfortable it would be to him to remember, that he had for conscience to God denied himself, and restrained his passions. <\/P> That thou hast shed blood causeless; <\/B>which she signifies would be done if he should go on. For though Nabal had been guilty of abominable rudeness, uncharitableness, and ingratitude; yet he had done nothing worthy of death, by the laws of God or of man. And whatsoever he had done, the rest of his family were innocent. <\/P> That my lord hath avenged himself; <\/B>which is directly contrary to Gods law, Lev 19:18<\/span>; Deu 32:35<\/span>, compared with Rom 12:19<\/span>. <\/P> When the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid; <\/B>when God shall make thee king, and I shall have occasion to apply myself to time for justice or relief, let me find grace in thy sight, and so let me do at this time. Or, and the Lord will bless my lord<\/I>, and recompense thee for this mortification of thy passion, and thou wilt remember thine hand-maid<\/I>, i.e. thou wilt remember my counsel with satisfaction to thyself; and thankfulness to me. <\/P> <\/p>\n This shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord<\/strong>,…. It would give him no trouble, nor distress of mind, or sit uneasy on his conscience:<\/p>\n either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself<\/strong>; which she suggests it might do, if he had shed the blood of Nabal’s family, his children and servants, who were no ways concerned with him in his rudeness and ingratitude; or had avenged himself on him for the same, by taking away his life, which such crimes, however great and aggravated, did not deserve; but, on the contrary, it would be a satisfaction and pleasure to him to reflect upon it, that he had passed over such an offence, and shed no blood on account of it:<\/p>\n but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord<\/strong>; by delivering him out of the hands of all his enemies, and have raised him to, and settled him on the throne of Israel, of which she made no doubt:<\/p>\n then remember thine handmaid<\/strong>; the advice she gave not to shed blood, and take vengeance, for which he would then be thankful, and gratefully remember: some, as Ben Gersom, think she said this under a spirit of prophecy, that Nabal should die quickly, and she should be David’s wife; but rather her meaning is, that when he should be king, and she should apply to him on any account, to have justice done her, and to be assisted and relieved when oppressed, that he would then remember her, and show her favour.<\/p>\n (31) Then remember thine handmaid.<\/strong>With exquisite grace Abigail wound up her earnest simple words to the king of the future with a reference to the period when those happy days, to which she looked forward with such certainty, should have arrivedthen <\/em>David must have no deeds of violence, of furious passion, and of shed blood to look back upon. When that golden time should have comeas come it surely wouldhe must remember then that Abigail, who was now speaking to him, had saved him from the commission of a wild and sinful act, and, in grateful memory for the good service, must then look kindly on her from his throne.<\/p>\n 31<\/strong>. <\/strong> This no grief unto thee <\/strong> An act of cruel bloodshed might have been an occasion of anguish to him at a later day, but an act of forgiveness and mercy never.<\/p>\n 1Sa 25:31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.<\/p>\n Ver. 31. That this shall be no grief unto thee.<\/strong> ] No terror or torment to thy conscience, for shedding innocent blood, which is a crying sin, and lieth heavy upon the soul. The Hebrew word rendered grief<\/em> signifieth staggering or stumbling: such is the guilt of sin. The Latin rendereth it singultum,<\/em> sighing. One drop of it may trouble a whole sea of outward comforts. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then remember thine handmaid.<\/strong> ] For the good counsel I have now given thee; and befriend me accordingly.<\/p>\n shed blood causeless = shed innocent blood. Figure of speech Antimereia (of Adverb). App-6. <\/p>\n avenged = saved. <\/p>\n grief: Heb. staggering, or, stumbling, Pro 5:12, Pro 5:13, Rom 14:21, 2Co 1:12 <\/p>\n avenged: 1Sa 25:33, 1Sa 24:15, 1Sa 26:23, 2Sa 22:48, Psa 94:1, Rom 12:19 <\/p>\n remember: 1Sa 25:40, Gen 40:14, Luk 23:42 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Psa 141:5 – the righteous Pro 25:12 – a wise Mat 5:39 – That<\/p>\n 1Sa 25:31. This shall be no grief unto thee Thy mind and conscience will be free from all the torment which such an action would cause in thee. By which, she insinuates what a blemish this would be to his glory, what a disturbance to his peace, if he proceeded to execute his purpose; and withal implies, how comfortable it would be to him to remember that he had, for conscience toward God, restrained his passions. Shed blood causeless Which, she signifies, would be done if he should go on. For though Nabal had been guilty of abominable rudeness and ingratitude, yet he had done nothing worthy of death by the laws of God or of man. And whatsoever he had done, the rest of his family were innocent. Or that my lord hath avenged himself Which is directly contrary to Gods law, Lev 19:18; Deu 32:35. Then When God shall make thee king, let me find grace in thy sight.<\/p>\n 25:31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath {n} avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.<\/p>\n (n) That he did not avenge himself, which would have tormented his conscience.<\/p>\n That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offense of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. 31. grief ] The Heb. word, which occurs nowhere else, probably … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 25:31”<\/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-7904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7904","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=7904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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