1 Samuel 25:5
And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;
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4And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.
Cross References
Genesis 43:23\43:24\And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he gave their asses food.
1 Samuel 17:22And David gave his parcels into the hands of the keeper of the army stores, and went running to the army and came to his brothers to get knowledge about them.
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 →