Charles Spurgeon Commentary


Charles Spurgeon Commentary
"And David`s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David strengthened himself in Jehovah his God." — 1 Samuel 30:5-6 (ASV)
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
He had not only his own personal sorrow, but that of all his people; and then, instead of comforting him, every friend had turned into a foe. His house was a heap of ashes; he might have said, "Ahinoam is not, and Abigail is not, and my children have you taken away; all these things are against me!" But he had more faith than Job, and so he encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him,
These rough men, who had not all joined him from the best of motives, now turned against him for having left the city defenseless.