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The LORD your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the LORD&#8217s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live. <a href="/nlt/1_samuel/25.htm">New Living Translation</a> Please forgive me if I have offended you in any way. The LORD will surely reward you with a lasting dynasty, for you are fighting the LORD’s battles. And you have not done wrong throughout your entire life. <a href="/esv/1_samuel/25.htm">English Standard Version</a> Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live. <a href="/bsb/1_samuel/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live. <a href="/kjv/1_samuel/25.htm">King James Bible</a> I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. <a href="/nkjv/1_samuel/25.htm">New King James Version</a> Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil is not found in you throughout your days. <a href="/nasb_/1_samuel/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Please forgive the offense of your slave; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days. <a href="/nasb/1_samuel/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days. <a href="/nasb77/1_samuel/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil shall not be found in you all your days. <a href="/lsb/1_samuel/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for Yahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you all your days. <a href="/amp/1_samuel/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a secure and enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days. <a href="/csb/1_samuel/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord because he fights the LORD’s battles. Throughout your life, may evil not be found in you. <a href="/hcsb/1_samuel/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Please forgive your servant&#8217s offense, for the LORD is certain to make a lasting dynasty for my lord because he fights the LORD&#8217s battles. Throughout your life, may evil not be found in you. <a href="/asv/1_samuel/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of Jehovah; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days. <a href="/cev/1_samuel/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Please forgive me if I say a little more. The LORD will always protect you and your family, because you fight for him. I pray that you won't ever do anything evil as long as you live. <a href="/erv/1_samuel/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days. <a href="/gwt/1_samuel/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Please forgive my offense. The LORD will certainly give you, sir, a lasting dynasty, because you are fighting the LORD's battles. May evil never be found in you as long as you live. <a href="/gnt/1_samuel/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> Please forgive me, sir, for any wrong I have done. The LORD will make you king, and your descendants also, because you are fighting his battles; and you will not do anything evil as long as you live. <a href="/isv/1_samuel/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> Please forgive the offense of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make a strong dynasty for your majesty, for your majesty is fighting the LORD's battles. May evil not be found in you for all of your life. <a href="/msb/1_samuel/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Please forgive your servant?s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD?s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live. <a href="/net/1_samuel/25.htm">NET Bible</a> Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the LORD will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD. May no evil be found in you all your days! <a href="/nheb/1_samuel/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD; and evil shall not be found in you all your days. <a href="/wbt/1_samuel/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thy handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. <a href="/web/1_samuel/25.htm">World English Bible</a> Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_samuel/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Please bear with the transgression of your handmaid, for YHWH certainly makes a steadfast house for my lord; for my lord has fought the battles of YHWH, and evil is not found in you [all] your days. <a href="/ylt/1_samuel/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Bear, I pray thee, with the transgression of thy handmaid, for Jehovah doth certainly make to my lord a stedfast house; for the battles of Jehovah hath my lord fought, and evil is not found in thee all thy days. <a href="/slt/1_samuel/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Lift up now, to the trespass of thy servant: for making, Jehovah will make to my lord a faithful house; for Jehovah fought the battles of my lord, and evil shall not be found in thee thy days.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_samuel/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the Lord will surely make for my lord a faithful house, because thou, my lord, fightest the battles of the Lord: let not evil therefore be found in thee all the days of thy life. <a href="/cpdv/1_samuel/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Forgive the iniquity of your handmaid. For the Lord will surely make for you, my lord, a faithful house, because you, my lord, fight the battles of the Lord. Therefore, let no evil be found in you all the days of your life. <a href="/nabre/1_samuel/25.htm">New American Bible</a> Please forgive the offense of your maidservant, for the LORD shall certainly establish a lasting house for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD. Let no evil be found in you your whole life long. <a href="/nrsvce/1_samuel/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Please forgive the trespass of your servant; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD; and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_samuel/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Forgive this trespass of your handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord a sure house; because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you all your days. <a href="/hpbt/1_samuel/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And forgive the fault to your Maid Servant, because LORD JEHOVAH has surely made my Lord a trustworthy house, because my Lord fights the battles of LORD JEHOVAH, and evil is not found in you from your days<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_samuel/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil is not found in thee all thy days. <a href="/sep/1_samuel/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Remove, I pray thee, the trespass of thy servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in thee. <a href="/parallel/1_samuel/25-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8oQfYUMRZg?start=7588" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_samuel/25.htm">Abigail Intercedes for Nabal</a> …27Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you. 28<a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">Please</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: śā (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">forgive</a> <a href="/hebrew/519.htm" title="519: ’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- A maid, handmaid. Apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave.">your servant’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: lə·p̄e·ša‘ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">offense,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śōh- (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">will surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ya·‘ă·śeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">make</a> <a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="539: ne·’ĕ·mān (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To confirm, support. ">a lasting</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: ba·yiṯ (N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">dynasty</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: la·ḏō·nî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">for my lord,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/113.htm" title="113: ’ă·ḏō·nî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Lord. Or adon; from an unused root; sovereign, i.e. Controller.">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/3898.htm" title="3898: nil·ḥām (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To feed on, to consume, to battle. A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle.">fights</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: mil·ḥă·mō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">battles.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: wə·rā·‘āh (Conj-w:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">May no evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: ṯim·mā·ṣê (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To attain to, find. ">be found</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">in you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: mî·yā·me·ḵā (Prep-m:: N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">as long as you live.</a> 29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_samuel/13-14.htm">1 Samuel 13:14</a> But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.” <a href="/2_samuel/7-11.htm">2 Samuel 7:11-16</a> and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you. / And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. ... <a href="/1_kings/9-4.htm">1 Kings 9:4-5</a> And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, / then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ <a href="/psalms/89-20.htm">Psalm 89:20-29</a> I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him. / My hand will sustain him; surely My arm will strengthen him. / No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him. ... <a href="/1_chronicles/17-11.htm">1 Chronicles 17:11-14</a> And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. / He will build a house for Me, and I will establish his throne forever. / I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor. ... <a href="/1_kings/2-4.htm">1 Kings 2:4</a> and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ <a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm">2 Samuel 22:51</a> Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.” <a href="/psalms/132-11.htm">Psalm 132:11-12</a> The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne. / If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.” <a href="/1_kings/11-38.htm">1 Kings 11:38</a> If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you. <a href="/2_chronicles/6-16.htm">2 Chronicles 6:16</a> Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’ <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Isaiah 55:3</a> Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David. <a href="/acts/13-22.htm">Acts 13:22-23</a> After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’ / From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised. <a href="/romans/1-3.htm">Romans 1:3</a> regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh, <a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Matthew 1:1</a> This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: <a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a> He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David, / and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>I pray you, forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you all your days.forgive<a href="/1_samuel/25-24.htm">1 Samuel 25:24</a> And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.the Lord<a href="/1_samuel/15-28.htm">1 Samuel 15:28</a> And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.<a href="/2_samuel/7-11.htm">2 Samuel 7:11,16,27</a> And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house… <a href="/1_kings/9-5.htm">1 Kings 9:5</a> Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.fighteth<a href="/1_samuel/17-47.htm">1 Samuel 17:47</a> And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.<a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm">1 Samuel 18:17</a> And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.<a href="/2_samuel/5-2.htm">2 Samuel 5:2</a> Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.evil hath<a href="/1_samuel/24-6.htm">1 Samuel 24:6,7,11,17</a> And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD… <a href="/1_kings/15-5.htm">1 Kings 15:5</a> Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.<a href="/psalms/119-1.htm">Psalm 119:1-3</a> ALEPH. 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In the cultural context of ancient Israel, seeking forgiveness was a significant act of humility and reconciliation. Abigail's approach reflects the biblical principle of intercession, similar to how Moses interceded for the Israelites (<a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a>). Her humility and wisdom are highlighted, serving as a type of Christ, who intercedes on behalf of humanity (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>).for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord Abigail's statement is prophetic, acknowledging God's promise to David of a lasting dynasty, which is later confirmed in <a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm">2 Samuel 7:16</a>. This promise is foundational to the Davidic Covenant, which ultimately points to the eternal reign of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David (<a href="/luke/1-32.htm">Luke 1:32-33</a>). The concept of a "lasting dynasty" underscores God's faithfulness and the unfolding of His redemptive plan through history.because he fights the LORD’s battles David is recognized as a warrior for God, fighting not for personal gain but for the purposes of the LORD. This aligns with the biblical theme of divine warfare, where God empowers His chosen leaders to defeat His enemies (<a href="/1_samuel/17-45.htm">1 Samuel 17:45-47</a>). David's battles prefigure the spiritual battles Christians face, as described in <a href="/ephesians/6-10.htm">Ephesians 6:10-18</a>, where believers are called to put on the full armor of God.May no evil be found in you as long as you live Abigail's blessing upon David is a call to righteousness and integrity. It reflects the biblical principle that leaders should be blameless and upright, as seen in the qualifications for church leaders in <a href="/1_timothy/3-2.htm">1 Timothy 3:2</a>. This phrase also foreshadows the sinless nature of Christ, who is the ultimate fulfillment of a blameless leader (<a href="/1_peter/2-22.htm">1 Peter 2:22</a>). Abigail's words serve as a reminder of the importance of moral character in those who serve God's purposes.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/abigail.htm">Abigail</a> A wise and discerning woman, the wife of Nabal, who intervenes to prevent David from taking vengeance on her household. 2. <a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a> The future king of Israel, who is on the run from King Saul and is leading a group of men in the wilderness. 3. <a href="/topical/n/nabal.htm">Nabal</a> A wealthy but foolish man, whose refusal to help David leads to a potential conflict. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is actively involved in the lives of His people and their leaders. 5. <a href="/topical/c/carmel.htm">Carmel</a> The region where Nabal's estate is located and where the events of this chapter take place.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_intercession.htm">The Power of Intercession</a> Abigail's intervention teaches us the importance of stepping in with wisdom and humility to prevent conflict and promote peace. <a href="/topical/r/recognizing_god's_anointed.htm">Recognizing God's Anointed</a> Abigail acknowledges David's future as king, reminding us to respect and support those whom God has chosen for leadership. <a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_justice.htm">Trusting in God's Justice</a> Abigail's appeal to David to refrain from vengeance encourages us to trust in God's justice rather than taking matters into our own hands. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_wisdom_in_conflict_resolution.htm">The Role of Wisdom in Conflict Resolution</a> Abigail's actions demonstrate how wisdom and discernment can defuse potentially destructive situations. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_a_good_reputation.htm">The Importance of a Good Reputation</a> Abigail's concern for David's reputation highlights the value of maintaining integrity and righteousness in all our dealings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_samuel_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Samuel 25</a> <a href="/q/why_can_solomon_build_the_temple,_not_david.htm">Why does God prohibit David from building the temple in 2 Samuel 7 yet allow Solomon to do so, raising questions of consistency in divine commands?</a> <a href="/q/abigail's_role_in_david's_life.htm">What role did Abigail play in David's life?</a> <a href="/q/which_biblical_woman_shows_faith,_strength.htm">Who exemplifies faith and strength among biblical women?</a> <a href="/q/do_giant_victories_suggest_embellishment.htm">1 Chronicles 20:4-8: Do these repeated victories over giants suggest legendary embellishments or raise questions about missing archeological evidence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_samuel/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) The trespass of thine handmaid.--Abigail again takes upon herself the wrong; the gracious act of forgiveness, of which she feels assured beforehand, she reminds David, will be shown to her. Thus all the chivalry of David's character--if we may use a term which belongs to another age--was brought out by this wise and beautiful woman.For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house.--Unconsciously, perhaps, without any very definite conception of their far reaching and magnificent meaning, the Israelitish lady repeats the words which she had heard perhaps in Samuel's "Naioth" by Ramah--possibly from some trained or inspired disciple of the prophet's school. She was thinking, perhaps, of the young captain then standing before her in all the pride of his early reputation, as the future hero-king of Israel, sitting on the throne of the insane and gloomy man--her evil husband's friend--King Saul, and it may be of his son reigning after him; but the unconscious prophetess, we may be sure, never dreamed of that glorious and holy One in whose person, far down the stream of ages, the Eternal would make good her words, and indeed found for that outlawed chieftain, before whom she was then kneeling, a sure house.The battles of the Lord.--Abigail, in common with the pious Israelites of her time, looked on the wars waged by the armies of Israel against the idolatrous tribes and nations around them as the wars of Jehovah. We frequently in these early records meet with the expressions, "fighting the battle of the Lord," "the ranks of the living God," "the battle is the Lord's." We hear, too, of an ancient collection of songs--ballads, perhaps, would be a more accurate designation--now lost, entitled "The Book of the Wars of the Lord" (<a href="/numbers/21-14.htm" title="Why it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,">Numbers 21:14</a>). For several years now since his famous combat with the great champion of idolatry, Goliath, David had been the popular hero and the favourite subject of those folk-songs which ever loved to sing of these "Wars of Jehovah."Evil hath not been found in thee.--Rauh, "evil," here signifies not "wickedness," but "misfortune." The wife of Nabal means to say that all through that stormy, restless life of David's, the Lord had ever held him up. It had given him victory and crowned his efforts with splendid success; and in the later days of bitter persecution, the same invisible One had shielded him, and had turned what seemed to be the certain ruin of his prospects into a still more certain career of usefulness and popularity.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_samuel/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 28. - Forgive the trespass of thine handmaid. Reverting to her words in ver. 24, that the blame and punishment must rest on her, she now prays for forgiveness; but the intermediate words in ver. 26, emphasised in ver. 31, have raised her request to a higher level. Her prayer rests on the ground that she was saving David from a sin, and that in his thirst for vengeance he was bringing upon himself guilt. If the form of Abigail's address was most humble, the matter of it was brave and noble. A sure house. I.e. permanent prosperity (see on 1 Samuel 2:35). Because my lord fighteth. Hebrew, "will fight." David was not fighting these battles now because he was not yet enthroned as the theocratic king. It was Saul's business at present to fight "Jehovah's battles," either in person or by his officers (<a href="/1_samuel/18-17.htm">1 Samuel 18:17</a>). The words, therefore, distinctly look forward to the time when David as king will have the duty imposed upon him of protecting Jehovah's covenant people. Evil hath not been found in thee. Hebrew, "shall not be found in thee," i.e. when the time comes for thee to take the kingdom no one shall be able to allege against thee any offence by which thou hast lost thy title to the kingly office; nor afterwards as king shalt thou be guilty of any breach of thy duty to Jehovah, Israel's supreme Ruler, so as to incur rejection as Saul has done. <a href="/commentaries/1_samuel/25-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Please נָ֖א (nā) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> I pray', 'now', 'then' forgive שָׂ֥א (śā) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take your servant’s אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ (’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_519.htm">Strong's 519: </a> A maidservant, female slave offense, לְפֶ֣שַׁע (lə·p̄e·ša‘) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> Transgression for כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will surely עָשֹֽׂה־ (‘ā·śōh-) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make make יַעֲשֶׂה֩ (ya·‘ă·śeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make a lasting נֶאֱמָ֗ן (ne·’ĕ·mān) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> To confirm, support dynasty בַּ֣יִת (ba·yiṯ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house for my lord, לַֽאדֹנִ֜י (la·ḏō·nî) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller because כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction he אֲדֹנִ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_113.htm">Strong's 113: </a> Sovereign, controller fights נִלְחָ֔ם (nil·ḥām) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3898.htm">Strong's 3898: </a> To feed on, to consume, to battle the LORD’s יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel battles. מִלְחֲמ֤וֹת (mil·ḥă·mō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> A battle, war May no evil וְרָעָ֛ה (wə·rā·‘āh) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil be found תִמָּצֵ֥א (ṯim·mā·ṣê) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present in you בְךָ֖ (ḇə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> as long as you live. מִיָּמֶֽיךָ׃ (mî·yā·me·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - 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