1 Samuel 25:11
Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
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In Context
12So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:17You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
Judges 8:8From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
1 Samuel 25:3His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
Job 31:17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not sharing it with the fatherless—
Ecclesiastes 11:1Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
2 Corinthians 6:9unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
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 →