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Nabal answers David’s young men, and about four hundred men follow David

나발이 다윗의 소년들에게 대답하매 다윗이 사백명 가량을 데리고 올라감

1 Samuel 25:4–13: David hears in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his sheep. David sends ten young men; and David says to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have! Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel. Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’” When David’s young men come, they speak to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and wait. Nabal answers David’s servants and says, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days. Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?” So David’s young men turn on their way and go back, and come and tell him all these words. David says to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man puts on his sword. David also puts on his sword. About four hundred men follow David, and two hundred stay by the baggage.

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1SA 25:4–13, engwebp
⁴David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
⁵David 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.
⁶Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!
⁷Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
⁸Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’”
⁹When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.
¹⁰Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
¹¹Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”
¹²So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words.
¹³David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
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Evidence: 1 Samuel 25:4–13
Nabal — Took part in — Nabal answers David’s young men, and about four hundred men follow David

Evidence: 1 Samuel 25:4–13

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Current wording: 1 Samuel 25:4–13: David hears in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his sheep. David sends ten young men; and David says to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have! Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel. Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’” When David’s young men come, they speak to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and wait. Nabal answers David’s servants and says, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days. Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?” So David’s young men turn on their way and go back, and come and tell him all these words. David says to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man puts on his sword. David also puts on his sword. About four hundred men follow David, and two hundred stay by the baggage.
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