◄ 1 Samuel 25:4 ►
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Good News Translation
and David, who was in the wilderness, heard about it,

New Revised Standard Version
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Contemporary English Version
One day, Nabal was in Carmel where his servants were cutting the wool from his sheep. David was in the desert when he heard about it.

New American Bible
While in the wilderness, David heard that Nabal was shearing his flock,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

did shear

Genesis 38:13 And it was told Thamar that her father-in-law was come up to Thamnas to shear his sheep.

2 Samuel 13:23 And it came to pass after two years, that the sheep of Absalom were shorn in Baalhasor, which is near Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons:

Context
David, Nabal, and Abigail
…3Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb. 4And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep,5He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:5
He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.

1 Samuel 25:3
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