The Meaning of 1 Samuel 25:9 Explained

1 Samuel 25:9

KJV: And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

YLT: And the young men of David come in, and speak unto Nabal according to all these words, in the name of David -- and rest.

Darby: And David's young men came, and spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

ASV: And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 25:9?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.

What does 1 Samuel 25:9 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 25:9 mean?

So when came young men of David and they spoke to Nabal according to all words these in the name of David and waited

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ נַעֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד וַיְדַבְּר֧וּ אֶל־ נָבָ֛ל כְּכָל־ הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה בְּשֵׁ֣ם דָּוִ֑ד וַיָּנֽוּחוּ

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙	So when came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
נַעֲרֵ֣י	young men
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
דָוִ֔ד	of David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיְדַבְּר֧וּ	and they spoke
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: דָּבַר Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
נָבָ֛ל	Nabal
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: נָבָל Sense: a man of Carmel who spurned David’s messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David’s wife after his death.
כְּכָל־	according to all
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
הַדְּבָרִ֥ים	words
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הָאֵ֖לֶּה	these
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural Root: אֵהֶל Sense: these.
בְּשֵׁ֣ם	in the name
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: שֵׁם Sense: name.
דָּוִ֑ד	of David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיָּנֽוּחוּ	and waited
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: נוּחַ Sense: to rest.

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