1 Samuel 25:7

7 “Sei que você está tosquiando suas ovelhas. Quando os seus pastores estavam conosco, nós não os maltratamos, e, durante todo o tempo em que estiveram em Carmelo, nada que fosse deles se perdeu.

1 Samuel 25:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:7

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers
Men employed in shearing his sheep, which was a time of feasting and gladness, and therefore David sent his young men to him at this time with his compliments upon it; and in order to obtain what he intended by this message to him, he observes the favours he and his men had done to his servants, and the advantages which they had received from them:

now thy shepherds which were with us;
feeding their sheep near the wilderness of Paran, which was not far from Carmel and Maon:

we hurt them not;
by taking any of their sheep and lambs from them, or by abusing, beating them, or giving them ill language; or "did not put them to shame" ^F24, by denying them anything they asked of them, which was in their power to grant, nor mocked and scoffed at them, and jeered them on account of their occupation:

neither was there ought missing unto them;
they did not steal a sheep or lamb from them, as was common for soldiers to do; nor did they suffer any of the Arabs, that dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, to rob them, who lived upon plunder, or any of the wild beasts to hurt them, as much as in them lay; so careful were they of them, and were a wall unto them by night and day, as Nabal's servants owned, ( 1 Samuel 25:16 ) ; and this was the case,

all the while they were in Carmel;
or in the fields, ( 1 Samuel 25:15 ) ; which were joining to the wilderness of Paran.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (Mwnmlkh al) "non affecimus verccundia eos", Montanus; so some in Vatablus.

1 Samuel 25:7 In-Context

5 Por isso, enviou dez rapazes, dizendo-lhes: “Levem minha mensagem a Nabal, em Carmelo, e cumprimentem-no em meu nome.

6 Digam-lhe: Longa vida para o senhor! Muita paz para o senhor e sua família! E muita prosperidade para tudo o que é seu!

7 “Sei que você está tosquiando suas ovelhas. Quando os seus pastores estavam conosco, nós não os maltratamos, e, durante todo o tempo em que estiveram em Carmelo, nada que fosse deles se perdeu.

8 Pergunte a eles, e eles lhe dirão. Por isso, seja favorável, pois estamos vindo em época de festa. Por favor, dê a nós, seus servos, e a seu filho Davi o que puder”.

9 Os rapazes foram e deram a Nabal essa mensagem, em nome de Davi. E ficaram esperando.