Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 25:5
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So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
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And 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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David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
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And David sent 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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1 Samuel 25
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.
7 Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
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