Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 25:8

8 Kĕyǐ wèn nǐde púrén , tāmen bì gàosu nǐ . suǒyǐ yuàn wǒde púrén zaì nǐ yǎnqián méng ēn , yīnwei shì zaì hǎo rìzi lái de . qiú nǐ suí shǒu qǔ diǎn cì yǔ púrén hé nǐ érzi Dàwèi .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 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.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 25:8 In-Context

6 Yào duì nà fù hù rúcǐ shuō , yuàn nǐ píngān , yuàn nǐ jiā píngān , yuàn nǐ yīqiè suǒyǒude dōu píngān .

7 Xiànzaì wǒ tīngshuō yǒu rén wèi nǐ jiǎn yáng maó , nǐde mùrén zaì Jiāmì de shíhou hé wǒmen zaì yī chù , wǒmen méiyǒu qīfu tāmen , tāmen yĕ wèicéng shīluò shénme .

8 Kĕyǐ wèn nǐde púrén , tāmen bì gàosu nǐ . suǒyǐ yuàn wǒde púrén zaì nǐ yǎnqián méng ēn , yīnwei shì zaì hǎo rìzi lái de . qiú nǐ suí shǒu qǔ diǎn cì yǔ púrén hé nǐ érzi Dàwèi .

9 Dàwèi de púrén dào le , jiāng zhè huà tí Dàwèi de míng dōu gàosu le ná bā , jiù zhù le kǒu .

10 Ná bā huídá Dàwèi de púrén shuō , Dàwèi shì shuí . Yēxī de érzi shì shuí . jìn lái beìnì zhǔrén bēn taó de púrén shén duō ,