Kings I 25:5

5 And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is.

Kings I 25:5 In-Context

3 And the man's name Nabal, and his wife's name Abigaia: and his wife of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man harsh, and evil in his doings, and the man churlish.

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

5 And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is.

6 And thus shall ye say, May thou and thy house seasonably prosper, and all thine be in prosperity.

7 And now, behold, I have heard that thy shepherds who were with is in the wilderness are shearing thy sheep, and we hindered them not, neither did we demand any thing from them all the time they were in Carmel.

Footnotes

• [a] concerning peace.