1 Samuel 25:12

So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said.

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So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

In Context

11Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

13And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.

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Cross References

Isaiah 36:21But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

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 →

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