1 Samuel 25:4

וַיִּשְׁמַע דָּוִד בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּֽי ־ גֹזֵז נָבָל אֶת ־ צֹאנֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3וְשֵׁם הָאִישׁ נָבָל וְשֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ אֲבִגָיִל וְהָאִשָּׁה טֽוֹבַת ־ שֶׂכֶל וִיפַת תֹּאַר וְהָאִישׁ קָשֶׁה וְרַע מַעֲלָלִים וְהוּא כלבו ׃

5וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד עֲשָׂרָה נְעָרִים וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לַנְּעָרִים עֲלוּ כַרְמֶלָה וּבָאתֶם אֶל ־ נָבָל וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם ־ לוֹ בִשְׁמִי לְשָׁלֽוֹם ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 38:13וַיֻּגַּד לְתָמָר לֵאמֹר הִנֵּה חָמִיךְ עֹלֶה תִמְנָתָה לָגֹז צֹאנֽוֹ ׃

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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