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1 Samuel 25:9

DavidNabal

7 Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.

8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”

When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.

10 But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

11 Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

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BSB
When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
KJV
And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
WEB
When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.
ASV
And when David`s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
DARBY
And David's young men came, and spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
BLB
And the young men of David came, and they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and they rested.
ÅB
Da Davids menn kom dit, sa de alt dette til Nabal i Davids navn; så sto de og ventet.
OTB
Da Davids unge menn kom, formidlet de alle disse ordene til Nabal på vegne av David; så ventet de på hans svar.
B1930
Da Davids menn kom dit, sa de alt dette til Nabal i Davids navn; så stod de og ventet.

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  • 2 Chronicles 14:7

    So he said to the people of Judah, “Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God. We have sought Him and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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  • Genesis 8:4

    On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.

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  • 2 Kings 2:15

    When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

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