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1 Samuel 25:7-9
Common English Bible
1 Samuel 25:7-9
Common English Bible
7 I’ve heard that you are now shearing sheep. As you know, your shepherds were with us in the wilderness.[a] We didn’t mistreat them. Moreover, the whole time they were at Carmel, nothing of theirs went missing. 8 Ask your servants; they will tell you the same. So please receive these young men favorably, because we’ve come on a special day. Please give whatever you have on hand to your servants and to your son David.’”
9 When David’s young men arrived, they said all this to Nabal on David’s behalf. Then they waited.
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- 1 Samuel 25:7 LXX, Syr; MT lacks in the wilderness.
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