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1 Samuel 25:14 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 25 · verse 14
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.1 Samuel 25:14 · King James Version
1 Samuel 25:14 in context
12So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
14But 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.
15But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
16They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengersmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- wildernessmidbâra pastureH4057 →
- AbigailʼĂbîygayilAbigail or Abigal, the name of two IsraelitessesH26 →
- Nabal'sNâbâlNabal, an IsraeliteH5037 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- salutebârakto kneelH1288 →
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Here is, I. The report made to David of the abuse Nabal had given to his messengers (Sa1 25:12): They turned their way. They showed their displeasure, as became them to do, by breaking off abruptly from such a churl, but prudently governed themselves so well as not to render railing for railing, not to call him as he…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-17