1 Samuel 25:4

Modern English Version

David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Cross References

Genesis 38:13

It was told to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

2 Samuel 13:23

Two full years later, the sheepshearers of Absalom were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all of the sons of the king.

1 Samuel 25:3

The man’s name was Nabal and the name of his wife Abigail. She was a woman of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was harsh and evil in his actions and he was a Calebite.

1 Samuel 25:5

So David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.