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1 Samuel 25:1-20

25:1

And Samuel
<08050>

died
<04191> (8799)_;

and all the Israelites
<03478>

were gathered together
<06908> (8735)_,

and lamented
<05594> (8799)

him, and buried
<06912> (8799)

him in his house
<01004>

at Ramah
<07414>_.

And David
<01732>

arose
<06965> (8799)_,

and went down
<03381> (8799)

to the wilderness
<04057>

of Paran
<06290>_.

25:2

And [there was] a man
<0376>

in Maon
<04584>_,

whose possessions
<04639>

[were] in Carmel
<03760>_;

and the man
<0376>

[was] very
<03966>

great
<01419>_,

and he had three
<07969>

thousand
<0505>

sheep
<06629>_,

and a thousand
<0505>

goats
<05795>_:

and he was shearing
<01494> (8800)

his sheep
<06629>

in Carmel
<03760>_.

{possessions: or, business}

25:3

Now the name
<08034>

of the man
<0376>

[was] Nabal
<05037>_;

and the name
<08034>

of his wife
<0802>

Abigail
<026>_:

and [she was] a woman
<0802>

of good
<02896>

understanding
<07922>_,

and of a beautiful
<03303>

countenance
<08389>_:

but the man
<0376>

[was] churlish
<07186>

and evil
<07451>

in his doings
<04611>_;

and he [was] of the house of Caleb
<03614>_.

25:4

And David
<01732>

heard
<08085> (8799)

in the wilderness
<04057>

that Nabal
<05037>

did shear
<01494> (8802)

his sheep
<06629>_.

25:5

And David
<01732>

sent out
<07971> (8799)

ten
<06235>

young men
<05288>_,

and David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the young men
<05288>_,

Get you up
<05927> (8798)

to Carmel
<03760>_,

and go
<0935> (8804)

to Nabal
<05037>_,

and greet
<07592> (8804) <07965>

him in my name
<08034>_:

{greet...: Heb. ask him in my name of peace}

25:6

And thus shall ye say
<0559> (8804)

to him that liveth
<02416>

[in prosperity], Peace
<07965>

[be] both to thee, and peace
<07965>

[be] to thine house
<01004>_,

and peace
<07965>

[be] unto all that thou hast.

25:7

And now I have heard
<08085> (8804)

that thou hast shearers
<01494> (8802)_:

now thy shepherds
<07462> (8802)

which were with us, we hurt
<03637> (8689)

them not, neither was there ought
<03972>

missing
<06485> (8738)

unto them, all the while
<03117>

they were in Carmel
<03760>_.

{hurt: Heb. shamed}

25:8

Ask
<07592> (8798)

thy young men
<05288>_,

and they will shew
<05046> (8686)

thee. Wherefore let the young men
<05288>

find
<04672> (8799)

favour
<02580>

in thine eyes
<05869>_:

for we come
<0935> (8804)

in a good
<02896>

day
<03117>_:

give
<05414> (8798)_,

I pray thee, whatsoever cometh
<04672> (8799)

to thine hand
<03027>

unto thy servants
<05650>_,

and to thy son
<01121>

David
<01732>_.

25:9

And when David's
<01732>

young men
<05288>

came
<0935> (8799)_,

they spake
<01696> (8762)

to Nabal
<05037>

according to all those words
<01697>

in the name
<08034>

of David
<01732>_,

and ceased
<05117> (8799)_.

{ceased: Heb. rested}

25:10

And Nabal
<05037>

answered
<06030> (8799)

David's
<01732>

servants
<05650>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who [is] David
<01732>_?

and who [is] the son
<01121>

of Jesse
<03448>_?

there be many
<07231> (8804)

servants
<05650>

now a days
<03117>

that break away
<06555> (8693)

every man
<0376>

from
<06440>

his master
<0113>_.

25:11

Shall I then take
<03947> (8804)

my bread
<03899>_,

and my water
<04325>_,

and my flesh
<02878>

that I have killed
<02873> (8804)

for my shearers
<01494> (8802)_,

and give
<05414> (8804)

[it] unto men
<0582>_,

whom I know
<03045> (8804)

not whence they [be]? {flesh: Heb. slaughter}

25:12

So David's
<01732>

young men
<05288>

turned
<02015> (8799)

their way
<01870>_,

and went again
<07725> (8799)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

and told
<05046> (8686)

him all those sayings
<01697>_.

25:13

And David
<01732>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto his men
<0582>_,

Gird ye on
<02296> (8798)

every man
<0376>

his sword
<02719>_.

And they girded on
<02296> (8799)

every man
<0376>

his sword
<02719>_;

and David
<01732>

also girded on
<02296> (8799)

his sword
<02719>_:

and there went up
<05927> (8799)

after
<0310>

David
<01732>

about four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_;

and two hundred
<03967>

abode
<03427> (8804)

by the stuff
<03627>_.

25:14

But one
<0259>

of the young men
<05288>

told
<05046> (8689)

Abigail
<026>_,

Nabal's
<05037>

wife
<0802>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, David
<01732>

sent
<07971> (8804)

messengers
<04397>

out of the wilderness
<04057>

to salute
<01288> (8763)

our master
<0113>_;

and he railed
<05860> (8799)

on them. {railed...: Heb. flew upon them}

25:15

But the men
<0582>

[were] very
<03966>

good
<02896>

unto us, and we were not hurt
<03637> (8717)_,

neither missed
<06485> (8804)

we any thing
<03972>_,

as long as
<03117>

we were conversant
<01980> (8694)

with them, when we were in the fields
<07704>_:

{hurt: Heb. shamed}

25:16

They were a wall
<02346>

unto us both by night
<03915>

and day
<03119>_,

all the while
<03117>

we were with them keeping
<07462> (8802)

the sheep
<06629>_.

25:17

Now therefore know
<03045> (8798)

and consider
<07200> (8798)

what thou wilt do
<06213> (8799)_;

for evil
<07451>

is determined
<03615> (8804)

against our master
<0113>_,

and against all his household
<01004>_:

for he [is such] a son
<01121>

of Belial
<01100>_,

that [a man] cannot speak
<01696> (8763)

to him.

25:18

Then Abigail
<026>

made haste
<04116> (8762)_,

and took
<03947> (8799)

two hundred
<03967>

loaves
<03899>_,

and two
<08147>

bottles
<05035>

of wine
<03196>_,

and five
<02568>

sheep
<06629>

ready dressed
<06213> (8803)_,

and five
<02568>

measures
<05429>

of parched
<07039>

[corn], and an hundred
<03967>

clusters of raisins
<06778>_,

and two hundred
<03967>

cakes
<01690>

of figs, and laid
<07760> (8799)

[them] on asses
<02543>_.

{clusters: or, lumps}

25:19

And she said
<0559> (8799)

unto her servants
<05288>_,

Go on
<05674> (8798)

before
<06440>

me; behold, I come
<0935> (8802)

after
<0310>

you. But she told
<05046> (8689)

not her husband
<0376>

Nabal
<05037>_.

25:20

And it was [so, as] she rode
<07392> (8802)

on the ass
<02543>_,

that she came down
<03381> (8802)

by the covert
<05643>

of the hill
<02022>_,

and, behold, David
<01732>

and his men
<0582>

came down
<03381> (8802)

against
<07125> (8800)

her; and she met
<06298> (8799)

them.