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Read Full Chapter (1 Samuel 25) 1 Samuel 25:9 KJV
"And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased."
1 Samuel Chapter 25, Verse 9
1 Samuel 25:9 in Context (Verses 6–12 KJV)
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
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
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.
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And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.*
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
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
So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.