John Gill's Exposition on 1 Samuel 25:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Ask thy young men, and they will show thee, etc.] The shepherds before mentioned, who kept their flocks hard by them: wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; the ten young men David sent to Nabal: for we are come in a good day; a day in which Nabal made a feast for his shearers, as was usual then, and still is, (see <101323>2 Samuel 13:23-28); and at such times as persons are generally cheerful and merry, so free and liberal, and as there were plenty of provisions, not only enough for the guests and shearers, but to spare, and there was no need for an increase of expense, it might upon the whole be concluded it was a proper time for David to apply for accommodations for himself and his men: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David; he did not request anything extraordinary of him, or to put him to any expense, but what was at hand, and he could spare, he prayed him to deliver to the young men he sent, for their use, and the use of other his servants, and particularly David, who styled himself his son, being of the same tribe with Nabal, and Nabal his senior.

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