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1 Samuel 25:14-16
American Standard Version
1 Samuel 25:14-16
American Standard Version
14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to [a]salute our master; and he railed at them. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not [b]hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields: 16 they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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- 1 Samuel 25:14 Hebrew bless.
- 1 Samuel 25:15 Hebrew put to shame.
1 Samuel 25:14-16
New International Version
1 Samuel 25:14-16
New International Version
14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings,(A) but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat(B) us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.(C) 16 Night and day they were a wall(D) around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
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