--- title: "1 Samuel 25:2-17 KJV - \"And there was a man in Maon, whose pos...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a\" — Read 1 Samuel 25:2-17 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-samuel/25/2-17" --- [ Read](/kjv/1-samuel/25)[ Commentary](/study/1-samuel/25)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/1-samuel/25) Audio ## 1 Samuel 25:2-17 in Context (Verses 1–20 KJV) [1 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/1) And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. [2 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/2) And *there was* a man in Maon, whose possessions *were* in Carmel; and the man *was* very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.* [3 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/3) Now the name of the man *was* Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and *she was* a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man *was* churlish and evil in his doings; and he *was* of the house of Caleb. [4 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/4) ¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. [5 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/5) 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:* [6 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/6) And thus shall ye say to him that liveth *in prosperity*, Peace *be* both to thee, and peace *be* to thine house, and peace *be* unto all that thou hast. [7 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/7) And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.* [8 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/8) Ask 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. [9 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/9) And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.* [10 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/10) ¶ 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. [11 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/11) Shall 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*?* [12 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/12) So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. [13 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/13) And 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. [14 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/14) ¶ 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.* [15 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/15) But 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:* [16 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/16) They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. [17 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/17) Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he *is such* a son of Belial, that *a man* cannot speak to him. [18 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/18) ¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched *corn*, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid *them* on asses.* [19 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/19) And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. [20 ](/kjv/1-samuel/25/20) And it was *so, as* she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. 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