Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 25:4
1 Samuel 25:4 is verse 4 of 1 Samuel chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
King James Version
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
World English Bible
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
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1 Samuel 25:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
3 His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
5 So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
6 and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 38:13When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep,”
2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.