1 Samuel 25:35 - Printer Friendly

ESV: Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, "Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition."

NIV: Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, "Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request."

NASB: So David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, 'Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and granted your request.'

CSB: Then David accepted what she had brought him and said, "Go home in peace. See, I have heard what you said and have granted your request."

NLT: Then David accepted her present and told her, 'Return home in peace. I have heard what you said. We will not kill your husband.'

KJV: So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.

NKJV: So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have heeded your voice and respected your person.”

First Samuel 25:32–38 shows the right way to respond to good advice. David listens to Abigail, the wife of a foolish husband who severely dishonored David. In return, David vowed to kill every male on the estate. Abigail quickly sent David a feast and gently rebuked him: he must not become king with innocent blood on his hands (1 Samuel 25:2–31). David praises her and God for stopping him. He takes his men and leaves. Abigail tells Nabal, who suffers a debilitating reaction and is struck dead by God ten days later. When David's men return, they will ask Abigail to marry the future king (1 Samuel 25:39–42).

David learns to give grace to people other than King Saul. Samuel dies, and Saul temporarily leaves David alone. David and his men protect the shepherds of the foolish Nabal. When Nabal refuses to reward David, David vows revenge on him and all his male servants. Nabal's wife, Abigail, rushes to David with food and a warning that David shouldn't carry the shame of killing Nabal and the servants when he becomes king. David listens, Nabal dies, and David marries Abigail. Soon the truce will end, and David will meet Saul one last time (1 Samuel 26).

David spared Saul's life, and the grateful king gives David some peace (1 Samuel 24). God has protected David numerous times from having to fight Saul. When a wealthy fool insults David, only the fool's wife, Abigail, keeps David from destroying the entire estate. Once again, God has kept David from needless bloodshed. Saul will later break the truce, but David still refuses to kill his enemy (1 Samuel 26). When David is ready to battle Saul, God prevents it (1 Samuel 29).

First Samuel introduces the key figures who led Israel after the era of the judges. The books of 1 and 2 Samuel were originally part of a single text, split in certain translations shortly before the birth of Christ. Some of the Bible’s most famous characters are depicted in this book. These including the prophet Samuel, Israel’s first king, Saul, her greatest king, David, and other famous names such as Goliath and Jonathan. By the end of this book, Saul has fallen; the book of 2 Samuel begins with David’s ascension to the throne.