12So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
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So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)Here is, I. The report made to David of the abuse Nabal had given to his messengers (1 Sam. 25:12): They turned their way . They showed their displeasure, as became them to do, by breaking off abruptly from such a churl, but prudently governed themselves so well as not to render railing for railing, not to call him as he deserved, much less to take by force what ought of right to have been given t…
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