Passage Research
1 Samuel 25 — Sermon Preparation
Samuel dies; Nabal insults David's men, but Abigail intercepts David with gifts and persuasion to prevent bloodshed — Nabal dies soon after, and David marries Abigail. Below is a research summary for 1 Samuel 25, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 44
- verses
- 750 / 224
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
1 Samuel 25 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָבָל | Nâbâl | H5037 | 18 | Nabal |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 28 | David |
| אָדוֹן | ʼâdôwn | H113 | 18 | sovereign, controller |
| אֲבִיגַיִל | ʼĂbîygayil | H26 | 9 | Abigail, Abigal |
| נַעַר | naʻar | H5288 | 11 | boy, servant |
| אִשָּׁה | ʼishshâh | H802 | 9 | woman |
| אָמָה | ʼâmâh | H519 | 6 | maid-servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on 1 Samuel 25, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“By a present Abigail atoned for Nabal's denial of David's request. Her behaviour was very submissive. Yielding pacifies great offences. She puts herself in the place of a penitent, and of a petitioner. She could not excuse her husband's conduct. She depends not upon her own reasonings, but on God's grace, to soften David, and expects that grace would work powerfully. She says that it was below him to take vengeance on so weak and despicable an enemy as Nabal, who, as he would do him no kindness, so he could do him no hurt. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Samuel 25:18–31 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Paran— 1 Sam 25:1
- Ramah 4— 1 Sam 25:1
- Carmel 1— 1 Sam 25:2
- Maon— 1 Sam 25:2
- Jezreel 3— 1 Sam 25:43
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