1 Samuel 25:35

Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

In Context

34Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

36When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:21“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

1 Samuel 20:42And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

2 Kings 5:19“Go in peace,” said Elisha. But after Naaman had traveled a short distance,

Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Luke 8:48“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:33-36

David Blesses Abigail. ( b. c. 1057.) 32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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