Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
Parallel translations
- KJV And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
- BSB Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
- NKJV And now this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
- NASB And now let this gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord.
- NLT And here is a present that I, your servant, have brought to you and your young men.
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Quick answer
Abigail offers her gift for David's men. She backs her plea with generous restitution.
Overview
Abigail presents the abundant provisions she has brought, asking that they be given to David's followers. The gift answers the original request and makes practical amends for Nabal's refusal. Her generosity demonstrates that her words of peace are sincere, joining humble speech with tangible kindness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Sam 30:26When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
- Gen 33:11Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
- 2 Kgs 5:15He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, “See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”
- 2 Sam 16:2The king said to Ziba, “What do you mean by these?” Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that those who are faint in the wilderness may drink.”
- 1 Sam 25:42Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
- 2 Cor 9:5I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brothers that they would go before to you, and arrange ahead of time the generous gift that you promised before, that the same might be ready as a matter of generosity, and not of greediness.
- Judg 4:10Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and ten thousand men followed him; and Deborah went up with him.
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The rise of the anointed king after Israel's failed first choice points to the true Anointed One (Messiah means 'anointed'), the shepherd-king after God's own heart from Bethlehem.
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