1 Samuel 25:16 meaning and explanation
They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.
1 Samuel 25:16, Berean Standard Bible
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These words come from one of Nabal's own herdsmen, who is warning Abigail that David's men had genuinely protected the flocks and shepherds in the wilderness. The speaker is not David's follower but a servant of a harsh master, so his testimony carries weight: David's band had acted as a wall, a defensive barrier, around Nabal's property day and night.
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