World English Bible
1 Samuel 25:11
“Shall I then take my bread, and 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?”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 25
When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
Nabal answered David's servants, and said, "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
Shall I then take my bread, and 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?
So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
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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The rise of Israel’s monarchy with Samuel, Saul, and David.
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