1 Samuel 25:10

“And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, etc.] In a very haughty manner, in great wrath, just as churlish covetous persons do, when they do not care to give what is asked of them: who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse; his two questions, which relate to the same person, do not well agree together, since by both he would suggest as if he knew not the person they came from, and whose name they made use of: had he stopped at the first question, it might have gone so, but his second question betrays him, and plainly shows he did know him, though he speaks with contempt of him, calling him “the son of Jesse”, as Saul often did, (<092027>1 Samuel 20:27,30,31 22:7,8,13). Abarbinel, of…”

“THE CHURLISH ANSWER PROVOKES HIM. (Sa1 25:10-13) Nabal answered David's servants, . . . Who is David? &c.--Nabal's answer seems to indicate that the country was at the time in a loose and disorderly state. David's own good conduct, however, as well as the important services rendered by him and his men, were readily attested by Nabal's servants. The preparations of David to chastise his insolent language and ungrateful requital are exactly what would be done in the present day by Arab chiefs, who protect the cattle of the large and wealthy sheep masters from the attacks of the marauding border tribes or wild beasts. Their protection creates a claim for some kind of tribute, in the shape of…”

“25:10 son of Jesse: Like Saul (20:27, 31; 22:7), Nabal used this designation disrespectfully.”

“Who is David: Sa1 20:30, Sa1 22:7, Sa1 22:8; Exo 5:2; Jdg 9:28; Sa2 20:1; Kg1 12:16; Psa 73:7, Psa 73:8; Psa 123:3, Psa 123:4; Isa 32:5, Isa 32:7 there be: Sa1 22:2; Ecc 7:10 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 25:11”