1 Samuel 25:4

New International Version

While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

Cross References

Genesis 38:13

When Tamar was told, “Your father-in-law is on his way to Timnah to shear his sheep,”

2 Samuel 13:23

Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal Hazor near the border of Ephraim, he invited all the king’s sons to come there.

1 Samuel 25:3

His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.

1 Samuel 25:5

So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.