1 Samuel 25:4
2 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
3 His 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.
While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
5 So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
6 and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
- KJV
- And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
- WEB
- David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
- ASV
- And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
- DARBY
- And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
- BLB
- And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
- ÅB
- Mens David var i ørkenen, fikk han høre at Nabal var i ferd med å klippe sauene sine.
- OTB
- Da hørte David i ørkenen at Nabal klippet sine sauer.
- B1930
- Mens David var i ørkenen, fikk han høre at Nabal var i ferd med å klippe sine får.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 13:23
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
Read in contextGenesis 38:13
When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
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