5And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
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And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
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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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