What does 1 Samuel 25:27 Mean?

Context Summary

What a contrast between the sordid Nabal and his beautiful wife-as lovely in disposition as in face! What a terrible trial for such a woman to be united with a man of whom his servant did not hesitate to speak to his wife in the words of 1 Samuel 25:17! With what admirable tact did Abigail treat the whole situation! She did not talk to her husband while he was drunk; she took the matter in hand without a moment's delay and marshaled her arguments with commendable sagacity.

It is a blessed partnership when husband and wife are so united that they are animated by a common purpose; but where this is not the case, let not the evil disposition of the one hinder the devotion and grace of the other. In the home-life, as in redemption, where sin abounds, grace should much more abound, that where the former reigns unto death, the latter may reign in life, Romans 5:21. Never let the difficulties of your home lead you to abdicate your throne. Do not step down to the level of your circumstances, but lift these to your own high calling in Jesus Christ. "Be not conformed,"¦ be transformed," Romans 12:1-2. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1Samuel 25

¹  Samuel dies
²  David in Paran sends to Nabal
¹⁰  Provoked by Nabal's rudeness, he minds to destroy him
¹⁴  Abigail understanding thereof
¹⁸  takes a present
²³  and by her wisdom
³²  pacifies David
³⁶  Nabal hearing thereof, dies
³⁹  David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives
⁴⁴  Michal is given to Phalti