1 Samuel 25:16

They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

In Context

15These men were very good to us, and gave us no trouble: neither did we ever lose any thing all the time that we conversed with them in the desert.

17Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.

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Cross References

Exodus 14:22And the children of Israel went in through the midst of the sea dried up: for the water was as a wall on their right hand and on their left.

Jeremiah 15:20And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:13-18

Abigail Wise Resolution. ( b. c. 1057.) 12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. 14 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… Read the whole commentary →

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