1 Samuel 25:13
David said to his men, “Every man strap on his sword.” So every man strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed after David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
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12So David's young men turned away and came back, and told him everything that was said.
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Joshua 9:14So the Israelites took some of their provisions, but they did not consult with Yahweh for guidance.
1 Samuel 23:13Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, got up and went away from Keilah, and they went from place to place. It was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, and he stopped the pursuit.
1 Samuel 27:2David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish son of Maok, the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 30:21David came to the two hundred men who had been too weak to follow him, the ones the others had made to stay at the brook Besor. These men went ahead to meet David and the people who were with him. When David came to these people, he greeted them.
Proverbs 16:32It is better to be slow to anger than to be a warrior 1 and one who rules his spirit is stronger than one who conquers a city. 1
Proverbs 19:11Discretion makes a person slow to anger 1 and it is his glory to overlook an offense. 1
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 →