Verse 6
1 Samuel 25:6
World English Bible, British Edition
6
Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house!
Peace be to all that you have!
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/אֲמַרְתֶּ֥ם כֹּ֖ה לֶ/חָ֑י וְ/אַתָּ֤ה שָׁלוֹם֙ וּ/בֵיתְ/ךָ֣ שָׁל֔וֹם וְ/כֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר לְ/ךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם
English Translation
And you shall say, "Thus you shall greet: 'Peace to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have.'"
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Chapter 25 Context
1
Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for
him, and buried him at his...
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2
There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man
was very great. He had three t...
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3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail.
This woman was intelligent and...
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4
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
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5
David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to
Carmel, and go to Nabal, and gr...
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6
Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house!
Peace be to all that you have!
7
Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been
with us, and we didn’t harm th...
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8
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men
find favour in your eyes, fo...
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9
When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words
in the name of David, and waited.
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10
Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who
is the son of Jesse? There are many ser...
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11
Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed
for my shearers, and give it to...
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12
So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and
came and told him all these words.
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13
David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!”
Every man put on his sword. David also put on h...
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14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying,
“Behold, David sent messengers out of t...
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15
But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t
miss anything as long as we...
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16
They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were
with them keeping the sheep.
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17
Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined
against our master and agai...
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18
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two
containers of wine, five sheep ready...
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19
She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after
you.” But she didn’t tell her...
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20
As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold,
David and his men came down...
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21
Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this
fellow has in the wilderness, so that...
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22
God (Elohim) do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all
that belongs to him by...
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23
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey,
and fell before David on her face and bo...
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24
She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame!
Please let your servant speak in...
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25
Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal,
for as his name is, so is he...
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26
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since
the LORD has withheld you fr...
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27
Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it
be given to the young men who fol...
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28
Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly
make my lord a sure house,...
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29
Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the
soul of my lord will be bound in...
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30
It will come to pass, when the LORD has done to my lord according to
all the good that he has spoken...
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31
that this shall be no grief to you, nor offence of heart to my lord,
either that you have shed blood...
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32
David said to Abigail, “Blessed is the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel,
who sent you today to meet...
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33
Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today
from blood guiltiness, and f...
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34
For indeed, as the LORD the God (Elohim) of Israel lives, who has withheld me
from harming you, unle...
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35
So David received from her hand that which she had brought him.
Then he said to her, “Go up in peace...
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36
Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house
like the feast of a king. Nabal’s he...
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37
In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told
him these things; and his heart d...
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38
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.
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39
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is the LORD,
who has pleaded the cause of my...
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40
When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to
her, saying, “David has sent us t...
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41
She arose and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and
said, “Behold, your servant is a servant...
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42
Abigail hurriedly arose and rode on a donkey with her five maids who
followed her; and she went afte...
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43
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
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44
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti
the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
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