Verse 13
1 Samuel 25:13
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמֶר֩ דָּוִ֨ד לַ/אֲנָשָׁ֜י/ו חִגְר֣וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת חַרְבּ֗/וֹ וַֽ/יַּחְגְּרוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת חַרְבּ֔/וֹ וַ/יַּחְגֹּ֥ר גַּם דָּוִ֖ד אֶת חַרְבּ֑/וֹ וַֽ/יַּעֲל֣וּ אַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד כְּ/אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ אִ֔ישׁ וּ/מָאתַ֖יִם יָשְׁב֥וּ עַל הַ/כֵּלִֽים
English Translation
And David said to his men, "Let each man gird on his sword," and they girded on their swords; and David also girded on his sword. And they went up after David, about four hundred men, and two hundred stayed with the supplies.
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Chapter 25 Context
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Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; fo...
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Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that...
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God (Elohim) do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him b...
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And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face...
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And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid,...
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And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men...
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Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure h...
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And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bo...
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And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he...
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And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.
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