They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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Gill's Exposition
They were a wall unto us both by night and day,.... Protecting and defending them against the Philistines, who, as they robbed the threshing floors of Keilah, would have plundered the flocks of Nabal;…
Barnes' Notes
A wall - To protect them from the attacks of the Bedouins, etc. They had been as safe with David’s men around them as if they had been dwelling in a walled town.
Here is, I. The report made to David of the abuse Nabal had given to his messengers (Sa1 25:12): They turned their way. They showed their displeasure, as became them to do, by breaking off abruptly…
Cambridge Bible
a wall unto us A defence against the predatory tribes of the desert. See Job 1:15; Job 1:17.
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