1 Samuel 25:6

And thus shall ye say, May thou and thy house seasonably prosper, and all thine be + 25:6 Gr. in health.in prosperity.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

In Context

5And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how + 25:5 Gr. concerning peace.he is.

7And now, behold, I have heard that thy shepherds who were with us in the wilderness are shearing + 25:7 Gr. for thee.thy sheep, and we hindered them not, neither did we demand any thing from them all the time they were in Carmel.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 18:28And Achimaas cried out and said to the king, Peace. And he did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who has delivered up the men that lifted up their hands against my lord the king.

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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