1 Samuel 25:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my fleshe that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? ”

1 Samuel 25:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The mention of water indicates a country where water was scarce (compare Joshua 15:19 ). Or “bread and water” may be equivalent to “meat and drink.”
1 Samuel 25:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:1 a. (to Ramah). Death and Burial of Samuel. (An editorial addition.) 1 Samuel 25:1 . in his house: in the grounds belonging to it. 1 Samuel 25:1 b - 1 Samuel 25:44 . David,...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

water . Septuagint reads "wine". men . Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
1 Samuel 25:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 ?
1 Samuel 25:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nabal answered David's servants— Nabal's answer was agreeable to his character, rude and sullen, a strong image of ungoverned brutality, and very natural to that insolence which wealth is too apt t...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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? No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Samuel 25:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Death of Samuel. The Incident of Nabal. David and Abigail 1. Paran] That part of the desert between Sinai and Palestine which bordered on Judah.
1 Samuel 25:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Unto men, whom I know not. — In other words, “Shall I give largesse to the enemies of my king — to a band of rebel freebooters?” My water. — The LXX., instead of “water,” read “wine.” This is on...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXII. DAVID AND NABAL. 1 Samuel 25:1-44 . WE should be forming far too low an estimate of the character of the people of Israel if we did not believe that they were very profoundly mo...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Rich Man's Churlishness 1 Samuel 25:2-17 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...
1 Samuel 25:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now have the account of Samuel's death. Notwithstanding all Israel's failure to realize his high ideals, it was impossible that they should not recognize his greatness, and it is easy to believe t...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(9) And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. (10) And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is th...
1 Samuel 25:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall I then take my bread, and my water ,.... Which include all food and liquors, everything eatable and drinkable; and "water" may be particularly mentioned, because very scarce in the wilderness,...
1 Samuel 25:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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]? Ver. 11. Shall I then take my bread. ] All Naha...
1 Samuel 25:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David's moral victory over Saul and over his own natural instincts has been most admirable. However, in this chapter we see him showing just the opposite attitude. It seems hardly possible that this...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Sends to Nabal. B. C. 1057. 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My water; he speaketh thus, either because in those hot and dry parts water was scarce and precious; or water is here put for any kind of drink, as bread is oft taken for all sorts of meat.
1 Samuel 25:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Abigail Informs Nabal of What Has Happened and Nabal Has A Heart Attack And Dies ( 1 Samuel 25:6-39 b). On receiving news from Abigail about how close they had come to disaster Nabal had a stroke...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 1 Samuel 25:2 . “ Maon .” A city of Judah ( Joshua 15:55 ), situated on a hill now called Tell Main , about seven or eight miles south of Hebron. It is now in ruin...
1 Samuel 25:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 25:1 . Samuel died, four months, say the rabbins, before the death of Saul. The elders of the nation from all the tribes attended, to behold the glory of a setting sun, which left its lus...
1 Samuel 25:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. Nabal, the churl David never made a wiser choice, and he never said a truer thing, than when he exclaimed, “Let me fall now int...
1 Samuel 25:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION DEATH OF SAMUEL ( 1 Samuel 25:1 ). 1 Samuel 25:1 And Samuel died. According to Josephus, Samuel had for eighteen years been contemporaneous with Saul's kingdom. If this...
1 Samuel 25:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nabal's Foolishness
1 Samuel 25:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:9 ; 1 Samuel 24:13 ; 1 Samuel 25:14 ; 1 Samuel 25:15 ; 1 Samuel 25:3 ; 2 Corinthians 6:9 ; Deuteronomy 8:17 ; Ecclesiastes 11:1 ; Ecclesiastes 11:2 ; Galatians 6:10 ; Job 31:17 ;...

1 Samuel 25:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Samuel 25:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Samuel 25:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Samuel 25:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Samuel 25:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Samuel 25:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Samuel 25:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 25:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Samuel 25:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Samuel 25:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Samuel 25:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Samuel 25:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Samuel 25:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge