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1 Samuel 25:10 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 25 · verse 10
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.1 Samuel 25:10 · King James Version
1 Samuel 25:10 in context
8Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
9And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
12So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- David'sDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- NabalNâbâlNabal, an IsraeliteH5037 →
- JesseYishayJishai, David's fatherH3448 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here begins the story of Nabal. I. A short account of him, who and what he was (Sa1 25:2, Sa1 25:3), a man wee should never have heard of if there had not happened some communication between him and David. Observe, 1. His name: Nabal - a fool; so it signifies.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 2-11