撒上二五28　　求你饶恕婢女的罪过；耶和华必为我主建立稳固的家，因我主为耶和华争战；并且在你平生的日子，你身上查不出有什么恶来。

　　太十二3　　…大卫和跟从他的人饥饿之时所作的，你们没有念过么？

　　旧约中预表基督最透彻、时间最长的，就是大卫。新约里也很清楚的说到，大卫预表基督；（太十二3；）所以大卫的妻子，预表召会。大卫至少有三个妻子，一个是扫罗的女儿米甲，（撒上十八27下，）一个是亚希暖；（二五43；）但这二人都没有什么特点预表召会。只有亚比该，（42，）大卫的另一个妻子，确实有预表召会的特点。

　　亚比该原来的丈夫名叫拿八，拿八的意思是愚顽。（25。）她这丈夫在大卫穷困时，藐视大卫，拒绝大卫，敌挡大卫。（10~11。）这预表我们的天性，乃是拒绝基督，藐视基督，反对基督的。有一天拿八遭灾死了，亚比该就有机会，作了大卫的妻子。这意思是，有一天我们败坏的天性，就是不要基督、拒绝基督、藐视基督的天性，遭灾祸死了，我们就能作基督的配偶，能在苦难中跟随基督，为神的国度争战。（召会的意义，一二一页。）

　　1 Sam. 25:28 Please forgive the transgression of your female servant, for Jehovah will no doubt make a sure house for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of Jehovah; and no evil will be found in you throughout your days.

　　Matt. 12:3 …Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, and those who were with him?

　　David is the most thorough type of Christ revealed in the Old Testament, covering the longest period of time. The New Testament also clearly reveals that David typifies Christ (Matt. 12:3). Hence, David’s wife is a type of the church. David had at least three wives: one was Michal, Saul’s daughter (1 Sam. 18:27b), and one was Ahinoam (25:43). These two, however, do not possess any features typifying the church. Only Abigail (v. 42) possesses a feature typifying the church.

　　Abigail’s previous husband shows how evil our old man is in forsaking Christ. Abigail’s previous husband was Nabal, which means “fool” (25:25). Nabal despised, rejected, and opposed David at the time of his destitution (vv. 10-11). This typifies that our nature rejects Christ, despises Christ, and opposes Christ. One day, however, Nabal was struck down, and he died. This provided Abigail the opportunity to become David’s wife. This indicates that when our corrupted nature, which forsook Christ, rejected Christ, and despised Christ, was struck down, we became Christ’s counterpart who follows Him in the midst of sufferings, fighting for the kingdom of God. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 1: The Meaning of the Church,” p. 109)

　　在撒上二十五章二至九节，大卫向拿八求帮助；拿八是大富户。…拿八为人愚顽，拒绝大卫的恳求，并辱骂大卫的仆人。〔10~11。〕…当大卫的仆人告诉他拿八所说的话，大卫就吩咐跟随他的人，各人都要佩上刀。（12~13。）于是大卫说，“我在旷野为这人看守所有的，以致他一样不失落，实在是徒然了；因他向我以恶报善。凡属拿八的男丁，我若留一个到明日早晨，愿神重重地降罚与我。”（21~22。）

　　在本章里，我们…也看见拿八的妻子亚比该以智慧平息大卫。（14~20，23~25。）亚比该“急忙将二百个饼，两皮袋酒，五只宰好的羊，五细亚烘了的穗子，一百串葡萄干，二百个无花果饼，都驮在驴上”。（18。）她见大卫，便俯伏在大卫的脚前，说，“我主啊，愿这罪孽单单归我…。我主不要把这卑劣之人拿八放在心上。”（24~25上。）亚比该接着求大卫饶恕她的罪过，最后她说，“到了耶和华照祂论到你所说的一切好处待我主，立你作以色列的领袖时，我主必不至因曾无故流人的血，为自己报仇，而良心有亏，心中不安。耶和华善待我主的时候，求你记念婢女。”（30~31。）

　　大卫回应亚比该的请求，颂赞耶和华，因为祂打发亚比该来迎接他；并称赞亚比该，因为她拦阻他流人的血，亲手报仇。大卫…对〔亚比该〕说，“你平平安安地上你家去吧，看哪，我听了你的话，准了你的情面。”（35。）这里我们看见，亚比该的智慧平息了大卫的怒气。

　　当亚比该将这些事都告诉拿八，“他的心在他里面如同死了，他的身僵如石头。大约过了十天，耶和华击打拿八，他就死了。”（37~38。）；本章结束于大卫娶亚比该。（39~44。）亚比该的美丽和智慧夺了大卫的心；拿八死后，大卫就娶她为妻。（撒母耳记生命读经，一三一至一三四页。）

　　参读：撒母耳记生命读经，第十六篇。

　　In 1 Samuel 25:2-9 David sought help from Nabal, a wealthy man…. In his folly, Nabal rejected David’s entreating and insulted David’s servants [vv. 10-11]…. When David’s servants told him what Nabal said, David charged each of his men to gird on his sword (vv. 12-13). Then David said, “It was certainly in vain that I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that he has; for he has repaid me evil for good. May God do so to David’s enemies, and even more, if I leave so much as one male of all that he has until morning” (vv. 21-22).

　　In this chapter we see… also the wisdom of Abigail, Nabal’s wife, in appeasing David (vv. 14-20, 23-25). She “hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two skins of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five measures of parched grain and one hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and she put them on her donkeys” (v. 18). When she saw David, she fell at his feet and said, “Upon me alone, my lord, be this iniquity…. May my lord not take this worthless man Nabal to heart” (vv. 24-25a). Abigail went on to ask David to please forgive the transgression, and then she concluded, saying, “When Jehovah has done to my lord according to all the good He has spoken concerning you and has appointed you ruler over Israel, this will not be a qualm of conscience to you or a stumbling block in heart to my lord, that you shed blood without cause or that my lord has avenged himself. And when Jehovah has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your female servant” (vv. 30-31).

　　David responded to Abigail’s appeal by blessing Jehovah, who sent her to meet him, and also by blessing her, who kept him from entering into bloodshed and from avenging himself by his own hand. David then…said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have listened to your voice and have accepted your person” (v. 35). Here we see that David’s anger was appeased by Abigail’s wisdom.

　　When Abigail told Nabal all these things, “his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. And about ten days later Jehovah struck Nabal, and he died” (vv. 36-38). This chapter concludes with a word regarding David’s marriage to Abigail (vv. 39-44). Her beauty and wisdom caught David, and after Nabal’s death he took her as his wife. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, pp. 106-108)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, msg. 16