King James Version
1 Samuel 25:9 in the King James Version says “And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. ceas...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. ceased: Heb. rested”
1 Samuel 25:9 · KJV
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. hurt: Heb. shamed
Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. ceased: Heb. rested
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? flesh: Heb. slaughter
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“young men”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“they spake”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“according to all those words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“in the name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
“and ceased”
H5117to rest, i.e., settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, l
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