The Meaning of 1 Samuel 25:12 Explained

1 Samuel 25:12

KJV: So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

YLT: And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him according to all these words.

Darby: And David's young men turned their way, and went back, and came and reported to him according to all those words.

ASV: So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 25:12?

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So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

What does 1 Samuel 25:12 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 25:2-17 - A Rich Man's Churlishness

This Carmel was a city in the mountains of Judah, ten miles south of Hebron. See Joshua 15:55. Though a descendant of Caleb, Nabal had none of that hero's spirit. He had great wealth, but little wit. Today the Arab tribe which guards the shepherd or caravan, or restrains itself from plundering, expects some acknowledgment. It was unfair that the rich sheep-master should take all the advantage and make no return, and altogether too bad to cap injustice with a coarse jest. Nabal's shepherds were quite explicit in their testimony to the benefits they had received, 1 Samuel 25:7; 1 Samuel 25:15-16. His jibes and churlishness justified the general estimate entertained by those who knew him best.

For David to take the sword to avenge the insult stands out in striking contrast to Him who, "when He was reviled, reviled not again." Revenge for an insult where one has personally suffered has no place in Christ's teaching, and is separated by a whole heaven from the magisterial use of the sword referred to in Romans 13:4. In after-years, David must have been very thankful for the interposition, through Abigail, of God's grace that arrested his hand. See Romans 12:17. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 25

¹ Samuel dies
² David in Paran sends to Nabal
¹⁰ Provoked by Nabal's rudeness, he minds to destroy him
¹⁴ Abigail understanding thereof
¹⁸ takes a present
²³ and by her wisdom
³² pacifies David
³⁶ Nabal hearing thereof, dies
³⁹ David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives
⁴⁴ Michal is given to Phalti

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 25:12 mean?

So turned young men of David on their heels and went back and they came and told to him all words these

וַיַּהַפְכ֥וּ נַעֲרֵֽי־ דָוִ֖ד לְדַרְכָּ֑ם וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ וַיָּבֹ֔אוּ וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ ל֔וֹ כְּכֹ֖ל הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה

וַיַּהַפְכ֥וּ	So turned
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: הָפַךְ Sense: to turn, overthrow, overturn.
נַעֲרֵֽי־	young men
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
דָוִ֖ד	of David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
לְדַרְכָּ֑ם	on their heels
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: דֶּרֶךְ Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙	and went back
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back.
וַיָּבֹ֔אוּ	and they came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ	and told
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known.
ל֔וֹ	to him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
הַדְּבָרִ֥ים	words
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הָאֵֽלֶּה	these
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.

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