1 Samuel 25:8

8 Pergunta-o aos teus mancebos, e eles to dirão. Que achem, portanto, os teus servos graça aos teus olhos, porque viemos em boa ocasião. Dá, pois, a teus servos e a Davi, teu filho, o que achares � mão.

1 Samuel 25:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:8

Ask thy young men, and they will show thee
The shepherds before mentioned, who kept their flocks hard by them:

wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes;
the ten young men David sent to Nabal:

for we are come in a good day;
a day in which Nabal made a feast for his shearers, as was usual then, and still is, see ( 2 Samuel 13:23-28 ) ; and at such times as persons are generally cheerful and merry, so free and liberal, and as there were plenty of provisions, not only enough for the guests and shearers, but to spare, and there was no need for an increase of expense, it might upon the whole be concluded it was a proper time for David to apply for accommodations for himself and his men:

give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants,
and to thy son David;
he did not request anything extraordinary of him, or to put him to any expense, but what was at hand, and he could spare, he prayed him to deliver to the young men he sent, for their use, and the use of other his servants, and particularly David, who styled himself his son, being of the same tribe with Nabal, and Nabal his senior.

1 Samuel 25:8 In-Context

6 Assim lhe direis: Paz seja contigo, e com a tua casa, e com tudo o que tens.

7 Agora, pois, tenho ouvido que tens tosquiadores. Ora, os pastores que tens acabam de estar conosco; agravo nenhum lhes fizemos, nem lhes desapareceu coisa alguma por todo o tempo que estiveram no Carmelo.

8 Pergunta-o aos teus mancebos, e eles to dirão. Que achem, portanto, os teus servos graça aos teus olhos, porque viemos em boa ocasião. Dá, pois, a teus servos e a Davi, teu filho, o que achares � mão.

9 Chegando, pois, os mancebos de Davi, falaram a Nabal todas aquelas palavras em nome de Davi, e se calaram.

10 Ao que Nabal respondeu aos servos de Davi, e disse: Quem é Davi, e quem o filho de Jessé? Muitos servos há que hoje fogem ao seu senhor.