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1 Samuel 25 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:1 - And Samuel died, and all Israel [fn]assembled, and bewailed him, and they bury him in his house in [fn]Armathaim: and David arose, and went down to the wilderness of [fn]Maon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:2 - And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and he was a very great man; and he had [fn]three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - And the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigaia: and his wife was of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man was harsh and evil in his doings, and the man was churlish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:4 - And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how [fn]he is.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:6 - And thus shall ye say, May thou and thy house seasonably prosper, and all thine be [fn]in prosperity.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:7 - And now, behold, I have heard that thy shepherds who were with us in the wilderness are shearing [fn]thy sheep, and we hindered them not, neither did we demand any thing from them all the time they were in Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Let then thy servants find grace in thine eyes, for we are come on a good day; give, we pray thee, whatsoever thy hand may find, to thy son David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:9 - So the servants come and speak these words to Nabal, according to all these words in the name of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jessæ? now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my [fn]beasts that I have slain for [fn]my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:12 - So the servants of David turned [fn]back, and returned, and came and reported to David according to these words.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:13 - And David said to his men, Gird on every man his sword. [fn]And they went up after David, about four hundred men: and two hundred abode with the stuff.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - And one of the servants reported to Abigaia the wife of Nabal, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our lord; but he turned away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:15 - And the men were very good to us; they did not hinder us, neither did they demand from us any thing all the days that we were with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:16 - And when we were in the field, they were as a wall round about us, both by night and by day, all the days that we were with them feeding the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:17 - And now do thou consider, and see what thou wilt do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he is a vile character, and one cannot speak to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - And Abigaia hasted, and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five ephahs of fine flour, and one homer of dried grapes, and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them upon asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:19 - And she said to her servants, Go on before me, and behold I come after you: but she told not her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:20 - And it came to pass when she had mounted her ass and was going down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down to meet her, and she met them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:21 - And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking any thing of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:22 - So God do to David and more also, if I leave one male of all that belong to Nabal until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted, and alighted from her ass; and she fell before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, bowing to the ground

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - [fn]even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray thee, thy servant speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this pestilent man, [fn]for according to his name, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:26 - And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and thy soul lives, as the Lord has kept thee from coming against innocent blood, and [fn]from executing vengeance for thyself, now therefore let thine enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - And now accept this [fn]token of goodwill, which thy servant has brought to my lord, and thou shalt give it to the servants that wait on my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - Remove, I pray thee, the trespass of thy servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:29 - And if a man shall rise up persecuting thee and seeking thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and thou shalt whirl the life of thine enemies as in the midst of a sling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:30 - And it shall be when the Lord shall have wrought for my lord all the good things he has spoken concerning thee, and shall appoint thee to be ruler over Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - then this shall not be an abomination and offence to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and thou shalt remember thine handmaid to do her good.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:32 - And David said to Abigaia, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent thee this very day to meet me:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - and blessed be thy conduct, and blessed be thou, who hast hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing thee harm, if thou hadst not hasted and come to meet me, then I said, There shall surely not be left to Nabal till the morning one male.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:35 - And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accepted thy [fn]petition.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry [fn]within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:37 - And it came to pass in the morning, when Nabal recovered from his wine, his wife told him these words; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:38 - And [fn]it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord smote Nabal, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And David heard it [fn]and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant [fn]from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:40 - So the servants of David came to Abigaia to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy servant is for an handmaid to wash the feet of thy servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - And Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:43 - And David took Achinaam out of Jezrael, and they were both his wives.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:44 - And Saul gave Melchol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of [fn]Amis who was of [fn]Romma.
BES Footnotes
Heb. Rama. Alex. Rama.
Gr. assemble and bewail.
Alex. Paran.
Lit. 3,000 flocks; as we say in English, 3,000 troops, meaning men formed into troops.
Gr. concerning peace.
Gr. in health.
Gr. for thee.
Gr. slaying.
Gr. them that shear my sheep.
Gr. to their way.
Alex. and Heb. + 'and they girded on every man his sword, and David also girded on his sword.'
Heb. and Alex. + and she fell.
Heb. and Alex. + 'even Nabal'.
Gr. saving thy hand for thyself.
Gr. blessing.
Gr. face.
Gr. upon him.
Gr. there were about ten days, etc.
Heb. and Alex. insert 'that Nabal was dead.
Or, from the hand of wicked men.
Heb. and Alex. Laish and Lais.
Heb. and Alex. Gallim and Galli.
BES

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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