Verse 8

1 Samuel 25:8

Geneva Bible

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8 Aske thy seruants and they wil shew thee. Wherefore let these yong men finde fauour in thine eyes: (for we come in a good season) giue, I pray thee, whatsoeuer commeth to thine hand vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.

Original Language Text

hebrew

שְׁאַ֨ל אֶת נְעָרֶ֜י/ךָ וְ/יַגִּ֣ידוּ לָ֗/ךְ וְ/יִמְצְא֨וּ הַ/נְּעָרִ֥ים חֵן֙ בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָ כִּֽי עַל י֥וֹם ט֖וֹב בָּ֑נוּ תְּנָ/ה נָּ֗א אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֤א יָֽדְ/ךָ֙ לַ/עֲבָדֶ֔י/ךָ וּ/לְ/בִנְ/ךָ֖ לְ/דָוִֽד

English Translation

"Ask your young men, and they will tell you, and the young men will find favor in your eyes, for on a good day for us, grant now what your hand finds for your servants and for your son David."

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Chapter 25 Context

1 Then Samuel dyed, and all Israel assembled, and mourned for him, and buried him in his owne house at... Focus ↗

2 Now in Maon was a man, who had his possessio in Carmel, and the man was exceeding mightie and had th... Focus ↗

3 The name also of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and she was a woman of singula... Focus ↗

4 And Dauid heard in the wildernesse, that Nabal did shere his sheepe. Focus ↗

5 Therefore Dauid sent tenne yong men, and Dauid said vnto the yong men, Go vp to Carmel, and go to Na... Focus ↗

6 And thus shall ye say for salutation, Both thou, and thine house, and all that thou hast, be in peac... Focus ↗

7 Behold, I haue heard, that thou hast sherers: now thy shepherds were with vs, and we did the no hurt... Focus ↗

8 Aske thy seruants and they wil shew thee. Wherefore let these yong men finde fauour in thine eyes: (...

9 And when Dauids yong men came, they tolde Nabal all those wordes in the name of Dauid, and helde the... Focus ↗

10 Then Nabal answered Dauids seruantes, and sayd, Who is Dauid? and who is the sonne of Ishai? there b... Focus ↗

11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I haue killed for my sherers, and giue i... Focus ↗

12 So Dauids seruants turned their way, and went againe, and came, and tolde him all those things. Focus ↗

13 And Dauid said vnto his men, Girde euery man his sword about him. And they girded euery man his swor... Focus ↗

14 Nowe one of the seruantes tolde Abigail Nabals wife, saying, Beholde, Dauid sent messengers out of t... Focus ↗

15 Notwithstanding the men were very good vnto vs, and we had no displeasure, neither missed we any thi... Focus ↗

16 They were as a wall vnto vs both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping sheepe... Focus ↗

17 Nowe therefore take heede, and see what thou shalt doe: for euill will surely come vpon our master,... Focus ↗

18 Then Abigail made haste, and tooke two hundreth cakes, and two bottels of wine, and fiue sheepe read... Focus ↗

19 Then she said vnto her seruants, Go ye before me: beholde, I will come after you: yet she tolde not... Focus ↗

20 And as shee rode on her asse, shee came downe by a secret place of the mountaine, and beholde, Dauid... Focus ↗

21 And Dauid said, In deede I haue kept all in vaine that this fellow had in the wildernesse, so that n... Focus ↗

22 So and more also doe God (Elohim) vnto the enemies of Dauid: for surely I will not leaue of all that... Focus ↗

23 And when Abigail sawe Dauid, she hasted and lighted off her asse, and fell before Dauid on her face,... Focus ↗

24 And fel at his feete, and sayd, Oh, my lord, I haue committed the iniquitie, and I pray thee, let th... Focus ↗

25 Let not my lorde, I pray thee, regard this wicked man Nabal: for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is... Focus ↗

26 Now therefore my lord, as the Lord liueth, and as thy soule liueth (the Lord, I say, that hath withh... Focus ↗

27 And now, this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought vnto my lorde, let it be giuen vnto the yon... Focus ↗

28 I pray thee, forgiue the trespasse of thine handmaide: for the Lord will make my lorde a sure house,... Focus ↗

29 Yet a man hath risen vp to persecute thee, and to seeke thy soule, but the soule of my lorde shall b... Focus ↗

30 And when the Lord shall haue done to my lord al the good that he hath promised thee, and shall haue... Focus ↗

31 Then shall it be no griefe vnto thee, nor offence of minde vnto my lord, that he hath not shed blood... Focus ↗

32 Then Dauid said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, which sent thee this day to... Focus ↗

33 And blessed be thy counsel, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from comming to shed bl... Focus ↗

34 For in deede, as the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel liueth, who hath kept me backe from hurting thee, e... Focus ↗

35 Then Dauid receiued of her hande that which she had brought him, and said to her, Goe vp in peace to... Focus ↗

36 So Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he made a feast in his house, like the feast of a King, and Na... Focus ↗

37 Then in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife tolde him those wordes, and his he... Focus ↗

38 And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed. Focus ↗

39 Now when Dauid heard, that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged the cause o... Focus ↗

40 And whe the seruants of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake vnto her, saying, Dauid sen... Focus ↗

41 And she arose, and bowed her selfe on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmayde b... Focus ↗

42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode vpon an asse, and her fiue maides folowed her, and she went... Focus ↗

43 Dauid also tooke Ahinoam of Izreel, and they were both his wiues. Focus ↗

44 Now Saul had giuen Michal his daughter Dauids wife to Phalti the sonne of Laish, which was of Gallim... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 25 (44 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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