1 Samuel 25:4

And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

In Context

3Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman, but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.

5He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:13And it was told Thamar that her father in law was come up to Thamnas to shear his sheep.

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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