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1 Sam. 25:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Abigail made haste, ando took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred κclusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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Gen. 32:13• ¹³And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; (Gen. 32:13)

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Prov. 18:16• ¹⁶A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (Prov. 18:16)

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Prov. 21:14• ¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. (Prov. 21:14)

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or, lumps.

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Abigail,

Cakes,

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Wine

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made haste.

1 Sam. 25:34• ³⁴For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. (1 Sam. 25:34)

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Num. 16:46‑48• ⁴⁶And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
⁴⁷And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
⁴⁸And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. (Num. 16:46‑48)

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Prov. 6:4‑5• ⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
⁵Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Prov. 6:4‑5)

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Matt. 5:25• ²⁵Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. (Matt. 5:25)

took two.The Eastern bread is generally both thin and small; and answers to our cakes.

Gen. 32:13‑20• ¹³And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
¹⁴Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
¹⁵Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
¹⁶And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
¹⁷And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
¹⁸Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us.
¹⁹And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him.
²⁰And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. (Gen. 32:13‑20)

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Gen. 43:11‑14• ¹¹And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
¹²And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
¹³Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
¹⁴And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. (Gen. 43:11‑14)

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2 Sam. 17:28‑29• ²⁸Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
²⁹And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. (2 Sam. 17:28‑29)

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Prov. 18:16• ¹⁶A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. (Prov. 18:16)

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Prov. 21:14• ¹⁴A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. (Prov. 21:14)

two bottles.That is, two goatskins' full.five sheep.Not one sheep to one hundred men.clusters.

Heb. lumps.

Raisins dried in the sun.

2 Sam. 16:1• ¹And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. (2 Sam. 16:1)

cakes of figs.Figs cured and then pressed together.

Now all this provision was a matter of little worth; and had it been granted in the first instance, it would have perfectly satisfied David, and secured his good offices.

• She hastens to prepare everything that her husband had refused to David, and much more besides, without stinting, and she quickly goes to meet him. Oh! that souls who have heard that evil is decided against them might do the same. (“1 Samuel 25” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses.