KJV King James Version
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Samuel 25:13
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
WEB World English Bible
David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
ASV American Standard Version
And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the baggage.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David saith to his men, ‘Gird ye on each his sword;’ and they gird on each his sword, and David also girdeth on his sword, and there go up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred have remained by the vessels.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 25
10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] unto men, whom I know not whence they [be]?
12 So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
15 But the men [were] very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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וַיֹּאמֶר֩H559 · a.marto sayדָּוִ֨דH1732 · da.vidDavidלַאֲנָשָׁ֜יוH582 · e.noshhumanחִגְר֣וּ׀H2296 · cha.garto girdאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חַרְבּ֗וֹH2719 · che.revswordוַֽיַּחְגְּרוּ֙H2296 · cha.garto girdאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חַרְבּ֔וֹH2719 · che.revswordוַיַּחְגֹּ֥רH2296 · cha.garto girdגַּם־H1571 · gamalsoדָּוִ֖דH1732 · da.vidDavidאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חַרְבּ֑וֹH2719 · che.revswordוַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ׀H5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאַחֲרֵ֣יH310 · a.charafterדָוִ֗דH1732 · da.vidDavidכְּאַרְבַּ֤עH702 · ar.bafourמֵאוֹת֙H3967 · me.ahhundredאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanוּמָאתַ֖יִםH3967 · me.ahhundredיָשְׁב֥וּH3427 · ya.shavto dwellעַל־H5921 · aluponהַכֵּלִֽים׃H3627 · ke.liarticle/utensil
Cross-references
1 Samuel 23:13Then David and his men, [which were] about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth.1 Samuel 24:5-6And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.Joshua 9:14And the men took of their victuals, and asked not [counsel] at the mouth of the LORD.Proverbs 19:11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.Proverbs 25:8Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.James 1:19-20Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:Proverbs 19:2Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.Romans 12:19-21Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.Proverbs 14:29[He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.1 Samuel 30:9-10So David went, he and the six hundred men that [were] with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.1 Samuel 30:21-24And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that [were] with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.Proverbs 16:32[He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
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