1 Samuel 25:27

WEB

Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

KJV

And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.

Commentary

And now this blessing, which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord,.... The present, consisting of the things mentioned in Sa1 25:18 ; which came as a blessin g from God, and with good will from her: let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord; the servants of David: in the original it is, "that walk at the feet of my lord": and which the Targum paraphrases, "who minister before my lord"; and so Abigail's damsels are called "pedissequae", or "that walked at her feet", Sa1 25:42 ; and with the Romans, in later times, servants were called a "pedibus" and "pedissequi" (d). This also is very artfully said, as if the present was not good enough for David, and worthy of his acceptance; might be agreeable to his men, and of service to them. (d) Vid. Pignorium de Servis, p. 140, 248, 293.