1 Samuel 25:5

5 So he sent for ten young men. He said to them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him for me.

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 His name was Nabal. His wife's name was Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman. But her husband was rude and mean in the way he treated others. He was from the family of Caleb.

4 David was staying in the Desert of Maon. While he was there, he heard that Nabal was clipping the wool off his sheep.

5 So he sent for ten young men. He said to them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him for me.

6 Say to him, 'May you live a long time! May everything go well with you and your family! And may things go well with everything that belongs to you!

7 " 'I hear that you are clipping the wool off your sheep. When your shepherds were with us, we treated them well. The whole time they were at Carmel nothing that belonged to them was stolen.