1 Samuel 25:4

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. Nabal did shear his sheep.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David heard in the wilderness ,.... In the wilderness of Paran, where he was, and a wilderness it was to him, being in want of food, as the foll...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nabal did shear his sheep Which times were celebrated with feasting. That liveth in prosperity In the Hebrew it is, To him that liveth , but the...
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

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which times were celebrated with feasting and jollity. See 2 Samuel 13:23,24 .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Contacts Nabal In Order To Share In His Hospitality, Is Rebuffed And Insulted, And Decides On Vengeance ( 1 Samuel 25:4-19 ). In this next p...
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

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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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep, and therefore would probably have an abundance of food on hand for the joyful meal....
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:23 ; Genesis 38:13
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shear sheep — Which times were celebrated with feasting.

⁴ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

Related Commentaries of 1 Samuel 25:4

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Samuel 25:4