1 Samuel 25:7
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| Overview - 1 Samuel 25 | |
| 1 | Samuel dies. |
| 2 | David in Paran sends to Nabal. |
| 10 | Provoked by Nabal's churlishness, he minds to destroy him. |
| 14 | Abigail understanding thereof, |
| 18 | takes a present; |
| 23 | and by her wisdom, |
| 32 | pacifies David. |
| 36 | Nabal hearing thereof, dies. |
| 39 | David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives. |
| 44 | Michal is given to Phalti. |
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1 Samuel 25:7 (King James Version)
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
- thy shepherds
- In those times, and at the present day, wandering Arabs, under their several chiefs, think that they have a right to exact contributions of provisions, etc
- , wherever they come. But David, though he lived in the wilderness like the Arab emirs, had not adopted their manners: one of them, at the head of 600 men, would have demanded, from time to time, some
- provision or present from Nabal's servants, for permitting them to feed at quiet; and would have driven them away from the watering place upon any dislike. David had done nothing of this kind; but had protected them against those who would.* we hurt Hebrew we shamed.
- 1 Samuel 25:15 1 Samuel 25:16 1 Samuel 25:21 ; 22:2 Isaiah 11:6-9 ; Luke 3:14 ; Philippians 2:15 ; 4:8