- Bible
- 1 Samuel
- Chapter 25
- Verse 5
1 Samuel 25:5
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
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Gill's Exposition
And David sent out ten young men,.... Such persons, and such a number of them, he sent to show honour and reverence to Nabal:
and David said, unto the young men, get ye up to Carmel; which lay…
Here begins the story of Nabal.
I. A short account of him, who and what he was (Sa1 25:2, Sa1 25:3), a man wee should never have heard of if there had not happened some communication between him and…
Nabal's churlish behaviour to David
2. a man in Maon Nabal's home was in the city of Maon, and his possessions (or, his business) about a mile to the north at Carmel. These places are mentioned…