1 Samuel 25:31
then this shall not be an abomination and offense to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and you shall remember your handmaid to do her good.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
32And David said to Abigaia, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this very day to meet me:
Cross References
Genesis 40:14But remember me of yourself, when it shall be well with you, and you shall deal mercifully with me, and you shall make mention of me to Pharao, and you shall bring me forth out of this dungeon.
1 Samuel 25:33and blessed be your conduct, and blessed be you, who have hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.
1 Samuel 26:23And the Lord shall recompense each according to his righteousness and his truth, since the Lord delivered you this day into my hands, and I would not lift my hand against the Lord's anointed.
Psalms 94:1Come, let us exult + 94:1 Gr. to. in the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to God our Saviour. 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:19-32
Abigail Meets David. ( b. c. 1057.) 18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down… Read the whole commentary →