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1 Samuel 25:13

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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.

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1 Samuel 25:13 in other translations

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.

1 Samuel 25:13 · American Standard Version

1 Samuel 25:13 in context

  1. 11Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”
  2. 12So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him all these words.
  3. 13David 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.
  4. 14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he insulted them.
  5. 15But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.