39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
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For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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 against the wall.
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 36-44)We are now to attend Nabal’s funeral and Abigail’s wedding. I. Nabal’s funeral. The apostle speaks of some that were twice dead , Jude 1:12. We have hare Nabal thrice dead, though but just now wonderfully rescued from the sword of David and delivered from so great a death; for the preservations of wicked men are but reservations for some further sorer strokes of divine wrath. Here is, 1. Nabal dea…
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