The Meaning of 1 Samuel 25:15 Explained

1 Samuel 25:15

KJV: But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

YLT: and the men are very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything all the days we have gone up and down with them, in our being in the field;

Darby: And the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we companied with them, when we were in the fields.

ASV: But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 25:15?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the men [were] very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:

What does 1 Samuel 25:15 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 25:15 mean?

But the men [were] good to us very and not we were hurt nor did we miss anything as long as long as we accompanied them when we were in the fields

וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים טֹבִ֥ים לָ֖נוּ מְאֹ֑ד וְלֹ֤א הָכְלַ֙מְנוּ֙ וְלֹֽא־ פָקַ֣דְנוּ מְא֔וּמָה כָּל־ יְמֵי֙ הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ אִתָּ֔ם בִּֽהְיוֹתֵ֖נוּ בַּשָּׂדֶֽה

וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים	But the men [were]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱנׄושׁ Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
טֹבִ֥ים	good
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: טָבַב Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
לָ֖נוּ	to us
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
מְאֹ֑ד	very
Parse: Adverb Root: מְאֹד Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
וְלֹ֤א	and not
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
הָכְלַ֙מְנוּ֙	we were hurt
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Perfect, first person common plural Root: כָּלַם Sense: to insult, shame, humiliate, blush, be ashamed, be put to shame, be reproached, be put to confusion, be humiliated.
וְלֹֽא־	nor
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
פָקַ֣דְנוּ	did we miss
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural Root: פָּקַד Sense: to attend to, muster, number, reckon, visit, punish, appoint, look after, care for.
מְא֔וּמָה	anything
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: מְאוּמָה Sense: anything.
כָּל־	as long
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
יְמֵי֙	as long as
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
הִתְהַלַּ֣כְנוּ	we accompanied
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Perfect, first person common plural Root: הָלַךְ Sense: to go, walk, come.
בִּֽהְיוֹתֵ֖נוּ	when we were
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common plural Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
בַּשָּׂדֶֽה	in the fields
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land.

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