1 Samuel 25:11

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?

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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...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

water . Septuagint reads "wine". men . Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
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 n...
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?...
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.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

My water ] Water is precious in these dry lands: cp. Judges 1:15 . But LXX reads 'my wine.'
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...
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...
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 . Tho...
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 re...
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...
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...
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]?...
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 oppo...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Sends to Nabal. B. C. 1057. 2...
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,...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nabal's Foolish Reply. Given the strength of David's band Nabal's reply was foolish in the extreme. Indeed we can only assume that he was not awar...
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...
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 beh...
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 t...
The Biblical Illustrator

Shall I then take my bread, and my water. Avarice of Nabal Such is still the language of the avaricious man; such are still the excuses made by...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nabal's Foolishness
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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? Both...
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 ;...

¹¹ 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?

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 25:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 25:11