Ask thy servants, and they will show thee. Wherefore let these young men find favor in thine eyes: (for we come in a good season) give, I pray thee, whatsoever [a]cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.

¶ And when David’s young men came, they told Nabal all those words in the name of David, and held their peace.

10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the [b]son of Jesse? there be many servants nowadays, that break away every man from his master.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:8 Whatsoever thou hast ready for us.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:10 Thus the covetous wretches instead of relieving the necessity of God’s children, used to revile their persons and condemn their cause.

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