27 And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
27 And now this blessing
27 And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.
27 Now take this gift that I, your servant girl, have brought to my master, and give it to the young men who follow in the steps of my master.
27 And now this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
27 And here is a present that I, your servant, have brought to you and your young men.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:27
Commentary on 1 Samuel 25:18-31
(Read 1 Samuel 25:18-31)
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 an enemy as Nabal, who, as he would do him no kindness, so he could do him no hurt. She foretells the glorious end of David's present troubles. God will preserve thy life; therefore it becomes not thee unjustly and unnecessarily to take away the lives of any, especially of the people of thy God and Saviour. Abigail keeps this argument for the last, as very powerful with so good a man; that the less he indulged his passion, the more he consulted his peace and the repose of his own conscience. Many have done that in a heat, which they have a thousand times wished undone again. The sweetness of revenge is soon turned into bitterness. When tempted to sin, we should consider how it will appear when we think upon it afterwards.