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1 Samuel 25:12

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So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
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  1. 2 Samuel 24:13Rank 1 from verse 12
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    13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

  2. Hebrews 13:17Rank 2 from verse 12
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    17Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

  3. Isaiah 36:21–22Rank 3 from verse 12
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    21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

    22¶ Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

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1 Samuel 25:12

COMBINED MEANING

young

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1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.

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turned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

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again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

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told

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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).

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11Shall 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?

12So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.

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13And 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.

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