1 Samuel 25:28

1 Samuel 25:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
• New International Version (NIV)“Please forgive your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord, and evil is not found in you throughout your days.

Context of 1 Samuel 25:28

26“Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal. 27Now let this gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord. Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil will not be found in you all your days. 29Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling. 30And when the Lord does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel,

1 Samuel 25:28 word by word

שָׂ֥א נָ֖א לְפֶ֣שַׁע אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֣י עָשֹֽׂה־יַעֲשֶׂה֩ יְהוָ֨ה לַֽאדֹנִ֜י בַּ֣יִת נֶאֱמָ֗ן כִּי־מִלְחֲמ֤וֹת יְהוָה֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י נִלְחָ֔ם וְרָעָ֛ה לֹא־תִמָּצֵ֥א בְךָ֖ מִיָּמֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• forgiveנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: forgiveH5375
• the transgressionפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• of your maidservantאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will certainlyעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• for my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• an enduringאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• fightingלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• the battlesמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• will not be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• in you allמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• your daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 25:28

• 1 Samuel 25:24She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant.
• 1 Samuel 15:28So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.
• 2 Samuel 7:11even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you.
• 1 Kings 9:5then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’
• 1 Chronicles 17:10even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I tell you that the Lord will build a house for you.
• Psalms 89:29So I will establish his descendants forever And his throne as the days of heaven.
• 1 Samuel 17:47and that all this assembly may know that the Lord does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord’s and He will give you into our hands.”
• 1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
• 2 Samuel 5:2Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.’”
• 2 Chronicles 20:15and he said, “Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the Lord to you, ‘Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.
• Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
• 1 Samuel 24:6So he said to his men, “Far be it from me because of the Lord that I should do this thing to my lord, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the Lord’s anointed.”
• 1 Kings 15:5because David did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
• Psalms 119:1How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the Lord.
• Matthew 5:16Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
• Luke 23:41And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28And evil hath not been found in thee - Thou hast not committed any act of this kind hitherto.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28For the Lord will make … a sure house - Compare 1 Samuel 2:35, and 2 Samuel 7:16; 1 Kings 11:38. Abigail‘s firm persuasion of David‘s kingdom stands upon the same footing as Rahab‘s conviction of God‘s gift of Canaan to the Israelites Joshua 2:9-13. Both testified to God‘s revelation and their own faith. This is doubtless the reason why Abigail‘s speech is recorded.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-31Verses 18-31 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28a lasting dynasty: God promised David that his family line would continue (see 2 Samuel 7). fights the LORD’s battles: David was famous and admired for defeating Israel’s enemies (1 Samuel 18:7, 13, 16). no evil be found in you: This does not mean that David was without sin. It means that he was innocent in the way he pursued the throne. He did not try to seize it by violence, as 1 Samuel 25:29–31 makes clear.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 25:28

• Decision
• Diplomacy
• Fig
• Intercession
• Nabal
• Obedience
• Obsequiousness
• Prudence
• Tact
• Wife

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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings