1 Samuel 25:41
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth,.... As she did before David, Sa1 25:23; and did as she would have done had he been present, considering his messengers as representing him…
We are now to attend Nabal's funeral and Abigail's wedding.
I. Nabal's funeral. The apostle speaks of some that were twice dead, Jde 1:12. We have hare Nabal thrice dead, though but just now…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
and bowed herself, &c. With the obsequiousness characteristic of Oriental nations, she expresses her devotion both by gesture and word. "Washing the feet" like "loosing the shoe-latchet" (Mar 1:7) was…
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