1 SAMUEL 25:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“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 stuff.”
David said to his men, 'Every man gird on his sword!' And every man girded on his sword. David also girded on his sword — David's anger ignites, and the command to draw swords ('ḥagrû ʾîš ʾet-ḥarḇô') signals the transition from negotiation to judgment. The phrase 'vayyaḥgōr gam-dāwîd ʾet-ḥarḇô' emphasizes David's personal engagement in what he intends as Nabal's destruction.
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