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1 Samuel 25:14

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12 So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.

13 And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men put on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.

15 Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.

16 They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

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BSB
Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.
KJV
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 railed on them.
WEB
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.
ASV
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 railed at them.
DARBY
And one of [Nabal's] young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to bless our master; and he has insulted them.
BLB
And to Abigail wife of Nabal a young man, one of the young men, declared, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, and he reviled them.
ÅB
Men en av folkene fortalte det til Abiga'il, Nabals hustru, og sa: David sendte bud fra ørkenen med hilsen til vår herre; men han skjelte dem ut.
OTB
Men en av de unge mennene fortalte Abigail, Nabals kone, og sa, "Se, David sendte budbringere fra ørkenen for å hilse vår herre, og han ropte til dem i sinne.
B1930
Men en av folkene fortalte det til Abiga'il, Nabals hustru, og sa: David sendte bud fra ørkenen med hilsen til vår herre; men han skjelte dem ut.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:10

    Just as he finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to greet him.

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  • Mark 15:29

    And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

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