Verse 6
1 Samuel 25:6
Free Bible Version
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Tell him, ‘I wish you a long life! Peace to you and your family, and may everything you do prosper.
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. Everyone in Israel gathered to mourn for him, and they buried him at his home in Ramah....
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2
A man from Maon was very wealthy. He had property in Carmel and owned one thousand goats and three t...
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3
The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was a wise and beautiful woman, but h...
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4
David was in the wilderness, and he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
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So David sent ten of his young men and told them, “Go and see Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name,...
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6
Tell him, ‘I wish you a long life! Peace to you and your family, and may everything you do prosper.
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Now I've heard that you are busy shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we didn't mistreat them...
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8
Check with your men and they'll confirm it. Please be kind to my men, especially since we've come on...
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9
David's young men arrived, gave Nabal this message from David, and waited for his reply.
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10
“Who does this ‘David, son of Jesse’ think he is?” Nabal replied. “Nowadays there are many servants...
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11
Why should I take the bread and water I've supplied, and the meat I've slaughtered for my shearers,...
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12
So David's men turned around and went back the way they came. When they got back they told David eve...
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13
“Everyone, put on your swords!” David ordered. They all put on their swords, and David did too. Abou...
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14
In the meantime one of Nabal's men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, “David sent some messengers from the...
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15
David's men were always very good to us and they never mistreated us. All the time we were out in th...
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16
They were like a protective wall to us, both day and night, during the whole time we were with them...
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17
You should know what happened and consider what you should do about it. Disaster is about to strike...
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18
Abigail quickly gathered together two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already...
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19
She told her men, “Go on ahead. I'll follow you.” But she didn't say anything to her husband Nabal.
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20
As Abigail was riding her donkey through a mountain valley, she saw David and his men descending tow...
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21
David had just been complaining, “So much for my protecting everything that belonged to this man in...
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22
May God (Elohim) punish me very severely if I leave even a single one of his men alive by morning!”
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23
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, and bowed before him, her face to the ground...
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24
Falling at his feet in respect, she said, “Sir, I accept full responsibility for what's happened. Pl...
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25
Please don't concern yourself with this worthless man Nabal. His name means ‘fool,’ and he is really...
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26
Now, sir, as the Lord lives and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and from taki...
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27
Please accept this present that I, your servant, have brought to you, sir, and give it to your men.
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28
Please forgive any offense that I, your servant, have committed, for the Lord is sure to set up a dy...
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29
If anyone pursues you and tries to kill you, then your life will remain bound up with those the Lord...
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30
So when the Lord has done for you, sir, everything good he promised, and has made you ruler over Isr...
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31
you won't have feelings of remorse or a guilty conscience over unnecessary bloodshed or of taking yo...
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32
Then David said to Abigail, “Praise the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who sent you to meet me to...
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33
May you be rewarded for your wise decisions, for preventing me from shedding blood today and taking...
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34
On the contrary, as the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, i...
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35
David accepted from Abigail what she had brought him, and told her, “You may go home in peace, becau...
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36
When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was in the house, partying like a king. He was feeling very...
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37
When Nabal had sobered up the next morning, his wife told him what had happened. When he heard what...
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38
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord who has supported me against Nabal's...
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39
When David's men arrived at Carmel, they said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to bring you bac...
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40
She stood up, then bowed down low, and said, “I am David's maidservant. I am prepared to serve and t...
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41
Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, with her five female servants, went back with David's men and b...
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42
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So they both were his wives.
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43
However, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel, son of Laish. He was from Gal...
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