1 Samuel 25:5

5 So David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal; {you will greet him in my name}.

1 Samuel 25:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:5

And David sent out ten young men
Such persons, and such a number of them, he sent to show honour and reverence to Nabal:

and David said, unto the young men, get ye up to Carmel;
which lay higher than the wilderness, in which he was:

and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name;
ask him of his peace and welfare, as the Targum; wish all health and happiness in my name, present my service and best respects to him.

1 Samuel 25:5 In-Context

3 The name of the man [was] Nabal, and the name of his wife [was] Abigail. Now the woman [was] wise and beautiful, but the man [was] stubborn and {mean}, and he [was] as his heart.

4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal [was] shearing his sheep.

5 So David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal; {you will greet him in my name}.

6 Then you must say to him, '[Long] life [to you], and {may it go well with you, with your house, and with all that is yours}.

7 Now I have heard that {you have shearers}. Now while your shepherds [were] with us, we did not mistreat them, and nothing of theirs [was] missing, all the days they were in Carmel.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "you will ask for him in my name as far as peace"