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1 Samuel 25:13-15
New English Translation
1 Samuel 25:13-15
New English Translation
13 Then David instructed his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About 400 men followed David, while 200 stayed behind with the equipment.
14 But one of the servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet[a] our lord, but he screamed at them. 15 These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together[b] in the field.
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- 1 Samuel 25:14 tn Heb “bless.”
- 1 Samuel 25:15 tn Heb “all the days we walked about with them when we were.”
1 Samuel 25:13-15
New International Version
1 Samuel 25:13-15
New International Version
13 David said to his men(A), “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went(B) up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.(C)
14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings,(D) but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat(E) us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.(F)
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