1 Samuel 25:6

6 Say this to him: ‘Peace to you, your household, and all that is yours!

1 Samuel 25:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:6

And thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity]
That lives, while others, as David and his men, might be rather said to starve than live; they lived in great meanness, but he in great abundance, and therefore in a capacity to give to others, and particularly to relieve them: or the sense is, they should say to him, "thus" shall it be, or may it be "for life": for the time of life, for the year to come; at this time next year, at next sheep shearing, mayest thou be in as great prosperity then as now, and even all the days of thy life:

peace [be] both to thee, and peace [be] to thine house, and peace [be]
unto all that thou hast;
that is, all prosperity to thy person in soul and body, to thy family, wife, children and servants, and let the same attend thy estate, cattle, farms, fields, vineyards, and all that belong to thee; and wish for a blessing on him, and his, and all that were his, or he had; a more extensive one could not well be made.

1 Samuel 25:6 In-Context

4 While in the wilderness, David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

5 So David sent ten servants, telling them, "Go up to Carmel. When you get to Nabal, greet him for me.

6 Say this to him: ‘Peace to you, your household, and all that is yours!

7 I've heard that you are now shearing sheep. As you know, your shepherds were with us in the wilderness. We didn't mistreat them. Moreover, the whole time they were at Carmel, nothing of theirs went missing.

8 Ask your servants; they will tell you the same. So please receive these young men favorably, because we've come on a special day. Please give whatever you have on hand to your servants and to your son David.'"

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb uncertain