10 But Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “(A)Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master. 11 Shall I then (B)take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men [a]whose origin I do not know?” 12 So David’s young men retraced their way and went back; and they came and told him according to all these words.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:11 Lit from where they are