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1 Samuel 25:9

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

And when David's young men came,.... To Carmel:they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David; they delivered their message punctually and exactly, in the very words, or however according to the purport of them, in David's name, as he enjoined them:and ceased: from speaking, waiting for Nabal's answer; or "they rested" , from the fatigues of their journey; which they did not until they had delivered their message to Nabal, and then they took the liberty to sit down and rest themselves; but the former sense seems best, and is preferred by Maimonides .

wxwnyw "et quieverunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster. Moreh Nevochim par. 1. c.

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