Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Samuel 25:6

6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity , Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house , and peace be unto all that thou hast .

Heb. to him that liveth. Life is oft put for a prosperous and happy life, as in that Prayer, Let the king live, 1 Sam. 10. 24. 1 King. 1. 25. and in other passages of Scripture, and other Authors; for an afflicted and calamitous life is unworthy of the Name of life, and is esteemed a kind of death, and oft so called, as 2 Cor. 1. 10. and 11. 23. By this expression David both congratulates Nabal's fel[illegible: 1+ letters]city, and tacitly minds him of the penury and distress in which David and his men now were.

i. e. To all thy Family.

To all thy Goods. So David's Prayer is very comprehensive, reaching to his Soul, and Body, and Wife, and Children, and Servants, and all his Estate.

Marginal references: Heb. be thou peace, & thine house peace.