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1 Samuel 25:5
5So David sent ten young men to meet with Nabal. He said to them, ‘Go to Carmel and find Nabal. Tell him that David says “hello”.
1 Samuel 25:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
- New International Version (NIV)So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.
- New King James Version (NKJV)David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
Context of 1 Samuel 25:5
4While David was in the desert, he heard that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep. So David sent ten young men to meet with Nabal. He said to them, ‘Go to Carmel and find Nabal. Tell him that David says “hello”. 6Then give him this message: “We hope that you and your family are all well. We hope that everything you have is doing well. 7David has heard that you are now cutting the wool from your sheep. When your shepherds were with us near Carmel, we did not hurt them. We did not take anything from them.
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֖ד עֲשָׂרָ֣ה נְעָרִ֑ים וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לַנְּעָרִ֗ים עֲל֤וּ כַרְמֶ֙לָה֙ וּבָאתֶ֣ם אֶל־נָבָ֔ל וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־ל֥וֹ בִשְׁמִ֖י לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
- sent outשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
- young menנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Get you upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- to Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel · CarmelH3760
- and goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to Nabalנָבָלnâbâl · NabalH5037
- and greetשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: greetingH7965
- and greetשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
- him in my nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 25:5
- 1 Samuel 17:22David gave his gifts to the officer who took care of the army's food. Then he ran to the place where the Israelite soldiers were standing. He said ‘hello’ to his brothers to see if they were well.
- Genesis 43:23The servant replied, ‘Do not worry. Everything is all right. Your God, the God of your father, put the valuable silver coins there. I received your money. No problem!’ Then the servant brought Simeon out to see his brothers.
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25:5
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2-11Verses 2-11 We should not have heard of Nabal, if nothing had passed between him and David. Observe his name, Nabal, "A fool;" so it signifies. Riches make men look great in the eye of the world; but to one that takes right views, Nabal looked very mean. He had no honour or honesty; he was churlish, cross, and ill-humoured; evil in his doings, hard and oppressive; a man that cared not what fraud and violence he used in getting and saving. What little…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-44This story about Nabal falls between two accounts in which Saul pursued David and David spared Saul’s life. Nabal was similar to Saul.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-94-9. Nabal did shear his sheep, and David sent out ten young men, &c.--David and his men lurked in these deserts, associating with the herdsmen and shepherds of Nabal and others and doing them good offices, probably in return for information and supplies obtained through them. Hence when Nabal held his annual sheep-shearing in Carmel, David felt himself entitled to share in the festival and sent a message, recounting his own services and asking for a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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