1 Samuel 25:12

So the young men of David turned away for their journey,—and came back, and drew near, and told him, according to all these words.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 wine, and my slain beasts, that I have slaughtered for my shearers,—and give unto men of whom I know not whence they are?

13Then said David unto his men—Gird on you every man his sword. And they girded on them, 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 stores.

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Cross References

Isaiah 36:21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word,—for the command of the king, it was, saying,—Ye must not answer him.

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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