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1 Samuel 25:14

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But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he insulted them.

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1 Samuel 25:14 in other translations

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed at them.

1 Samuel 25:14 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 25:14 in context

  1. 12So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him all these words.
  2. 13David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!”
    Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
  3. 14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he insulted them.
  4. 15But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
  5. 16They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.