1 Samuel 25:4

4 David heard in the wilderness that Naval was shearing his sheep.

1 Samuel 25:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:4

And David heard in the wilderness
In the wilderness of Paran, where he was, and a wilderness it was to him, being in want of food, as the following relation shows:

that Nabal did shear his sheep;
when there was generally good living, and so a proper person, and a proper time, for David to apply for the relief of his wants.

1 Samuel 25:4 In-Context

2 There was a man in Ma`on, whose possessions were in Karmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Karmel.

3 Now the name of the man was Naval; and the name of his wife Avigayil; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Kalev.

4 David heard in the wilderness that Naval was shearing his sheep.

5 David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Karmel, and go to Naval, and greet him in my name:

6 and thus shall you tell him who lives [in prosperity], Shalom be to you, and shalom be to your house, and shalom be to all that you have.