1 Samuel 25:11
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
King James Version
In Context
12So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Judges 8:8And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.
1 Samuel 25:3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
Job 31:17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Corinthians 6:9As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:3-12
The Death of Samuel. ( b. c. 1057.) 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. We have here a short account of Samuel's death and burial. 1. Though he was a great man, and one that was admirably well qualified for public service, yet he spent the latter end of his days in retirement and obscurity, not because he was superannuated (for he knew how to preside in a college of the… Read the whole commentary →