When David’s young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited.
Here begins the story of Nabal. I. A short account of him, who and what he was (Sa1 25:2, Sa1 25:3), a man wee should never have heard of if there had not happened some communication between him and David. Observe, 1. His name: Nabal - a fool; so it signifies.
Commenting on 1 Samuel 25:2-11
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" (y), from the fatigues of their...
1Sa 25:9 David’s messengers delivered their message to Nabal, ויּנוּחוּ, “and sat down,” sc., awaiting the fulfilment of their request. The rendering given by the Chaldee (פּסקוּ, cessaverunt loqui) and the Vulgate (siluerunt) is less suitable, and cannot be philologically sustained. The Septuagint, on the other hand, has καὶ ἀνεπήδησε, “and he (Nabal) sprang up,” as if the translators had read ויּקם (vid., lxx at 1Sa 20:34).