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.
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Gill's Exposition
I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid,.... The trespasses, as the Targum, either the sin of her husband, she had taken upon herself, or her boldness in troubling him with her petitions…
Barnes' Notes
For the Lord will make ... a sure house - Compare 1Sa 2:35, and 2Sa 7:16; 1Ki 11:38. Abigail’s firm persuasion of David’s kingdom stands upon the same footing as Rahab’s conviction of God’s gift of…
Adam Clarke
And evil hath not been found in thee - Thou hast not committed any act of this kind hitherto.
We have here an account of Abigail's prudent management for the preserving of her husband and family from the destruction that was just coming upon them; and we find that she did her part admirably…
Cambridge Bible
the trespass of thine handmaid She takes the blame of the wrong done to David upon herself, as in v.24.
for theLord, &c. Abigail grounds her request on the conviction that David will succeed to the…
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