1 Samuel 25:8

Contextual Overview

²A man in Maon had a business in Carmel; he was a very rich man with three thousand sheep and one thousand goats and was shearing his sheep in Carmel. ² There was a man in Ma`on, whose possessions were in Karmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Karmel. ² And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. ² Now there was a man in Maon, whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich and owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. Now the shearing of his sheep was taking place in Carmel. ² And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. ² A man in Maon who had land at Carmel was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was cutting the wool off his sheep at Carmel. ² There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. ²Now there was a man in Maon whose business and possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel ² Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel ² Now in Maon was a man, who had his possessio in Carmel, & the man was exceeding mightie & had three thousand sheepe, and a thousand goates: and he was shering his sheepe in Carmel.

Bible Verse Review
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a good day: Nehemiah 8:10-12, Esther 9:19, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Luke 11:41, Luke 14:12-14

thy son: 1 Samuel 3:6, 1 Samuel 24:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:13 - which Genesis 33:15 - find grace Genesis 47:15 - Give us bread Judges 9:33 - as thou shalt find 2 Kings 8:9 - Thy son Benhadad Esther 2:18 - gave gifts Esther 8:17 - a feast Psalms 69:13 - in an Proverbs 21:10 - findeth no favour

Cross-References

Genesis 15:15
But you will go to your fathers in shalom. You will be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
And as for you, you shall go to your ancestors in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
And you, Abram, will die in peace and will be buried at an old age.

Genesis 15:15
But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
"As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.

Genesis 15:15
As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ask thy young men, and they will show thee,.... The shepherds before mentioned, who kept their flocks hard by them:

wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; the ten young men David sent to Nabal:

for we are come in a good day; a day in which Nabal made a feast for his shearers, as was usual then, and still is, see 2 Samuel 13:23; and at such times as persons are generally cheerful and merry, so free and liberal, and as there were plenty of provisions, not only enough for the guests and shearers, but to spare, and there was no need for an increase of expense, it might upon the whole be concluded it was a proper time for David to apply for accommodations for himself and his men:

give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants,

and to thy son David; he did not request anything extraordinary of him, or to put him to any expense, but what was at hand, and he could spare, he prayed him to deliver to the young men he sent, for their use, and the use of other his servants, and particularly David, who styled himself his son, being of the same tribe with Nabal, and Nabal his senior.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 25:8. Whatsoever cometh to thine hand — As thou art making a great feast for thy servants, and I and my men, as having essentially served thee, would naturally come in for a share were we present; send a portion by my ten young men, for me and my men, that we also may rejoice with you. Certainly this was a very reasonable and a very modest request. This mode of address is not unfrequent among the Hindoos: "O father, fill the belly of thy son; he is in distress."