1 Samuel 25:39-44 Blessed Be The Lord!

 ”So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil! For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.” And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife. When the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her saying, “David sent us to you, to ask you to become his wife.” Then she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, “Here is your maidservant, a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my Lord.” So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey, attended by five of her maidens; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives. But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.“ I Samuel‬ ‭25‬:‭39‬-‭44‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

a. For the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head: David knew the death of Nabal was God’s judgment, which the LORD showed when David decided to let the LORD avenge him instead of avenging himself.

b. David sent and proposed to Abigail: In 1 Samuel 25:31, Abigail asked David, then remember your maidservant. Here, David certainly remembered her and he took her as his wife.

i. Was this inappropriate? Wasn’t David already married to Saul’s daughter Michal? (1 Samuel 18:27) The writer of 1 Samuel explains that at this time, David was not married to Michal, because Saul had taken her away and given her to another man to spite David (David will get Michal back in 2 Samuel 3:13-16). So, Abigail is not really David’s second wife; she is his “second first wife.”

c. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and so both of them were his wives: Though Abigail was David’s “second marriage,” with Ahinoam David took a second wife and will add many more wives.

i. Was this inappropriate? It wasn’t a direct sin, because God hadn’t commanded against it. But it did go against God’s ideal, His plan for oneness in a marriage relationship. David was a man of great passions, and this contributed to his marriages to many wives. But because David never really followed God’s plan and purpose for marriage, his family life was never blessed and peaceful. Family trouble brought David some of the greatest trials of his life.

d. Here is your maidservant, a servant, to wash the feet of the servants of my lord: Abigail did not allow her success with David or the death of Nabal make her arrogant or bossy. She greeted the servants of David with the greatest humility.(Guzik)

Blessed be the Lord!

There are times throughout life that we are tempted to avenge ourselves for wrongdoings.

I recall after my father’s passing, my sisters didn’t honor my parents last will and testament and kept my father’s estate for themselves. I turned it over to the Lord instead of taking legal action. 

I believe He blessed me because of my decision.

David said Blessed be the Lord because of two things in this chapter, keeping his hands from bloodshed and “For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.”

”Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord.“

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭17‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Do you put your trust in the Lord for everything?

If so you can boldly proclaim, Blessed be the Lord!

Blessings