1 Samuel 25:12

So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?'

13And 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 baggage.

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Cross References

Isaiah 36:21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying: 'Answer him not.'

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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