1 Samuel 25:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Samuel 25:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

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WEB

World English Bible

David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Samuel 25

² Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

³ His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

⁴ While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

⁵ So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

⁶ and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.

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