Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 25:24

24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my LORD, upon me let this iniquity be , and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

Impute Nabal's Sin to me, and, if thou pleasest, punish it in me, who here offer my self as a Sacrifice to thy just Indignation. This whole Speech of Abigail is done with great artifice; and she doth here, by an absolute submitting to Mercy, without any pretence of justification of what was done, but rather with aggravation of it) indeavour to work upon David's generosity, and good nature, to pardon it. And, with great art, first would divert the punishment from her Husband to her self, because she had then much more to say, why David should spare her, then why he should spare Nabal. And there was hardly any need of Argument, whence the greatest Orator might argue in this case, which she doth not manage to the best advantage, and most plausible insinuations for such an exigent.

Marginal references: Heb. ear.