11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. …
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 2-11)Here begins the story of Nabal. I. A short account of him, who and what he was ( 1 Sam. 25:2 , 3 ), a man we should never have heard of if there had not happened some communication between him and David. Observe, 1. His name: Nabal—a fool ; so it signifies. It was a wonder that his parents would give him that name and an ill omen of what proved to be this character. Yet indeed we all of us deserve…
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