13 And David said unto his men, Gird every man his sword about him. And they girded every man his sword: David also girded his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, and two hundred abode by the [a]carriage.

14 Now one of the servants told Abigail Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he [b]railed on them.

15 Notwithstanding, the men were very good [c]unto us, and we had no displeasure, neither missed we anything as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:13 Hebrew, vessel.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:14 Hebrew, drove them away.
  3. 1 Samuel 25:15 When we kept our sheep in the wilderness of Paran.

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