John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:11 - 25:11

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Samuel 25:11 - 25:11


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1Sa_25:11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] unto men, whom I know not whence they [be]?

Ver. 11. Shall I then take my bread.] All Nahal’s logic was little enough to conclude for himself and his sheep shearers: as those envious Athenians would sacrifice for none but themselves and their neighbours of Chios. Selfish people had as gladly part with their blood as with their goods: it is not the lack, but the love of money that maketh men churls.