1 Samuel 25:39
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; but Jehovah has returned Nabal's evil upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her as his wife.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
38And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.
Cross References
Judges 5:2For that leaders led in Israel, For that the people willingly offered themselves, Bless Jehovah!
1 Samuel 25:26And now, my lord, [as] Jehovah liveth, and [as] thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah has restrained thee from coming with bloodshed, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
1 Samuel 25:34But indeed, as Jehovah the God of Israel liveth, who has restrained me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any male.
2 Samuel 1:16And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth has testified against thee, saying, I have slain Jehovah's anointed.
2 Samuel 22:47Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God, the rock of my salvation,
Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:37-44
David Marries Abigail. ( b. c. 1057.) 36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal,… Read the whole commentary →