13 David said to his men, "Every man put on his sword!" Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
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And David said unto his men,.... Provoked to the last degree to have such a rude churlish answer returned to such a civil and humble message as he had sent:
gird you on every man his sword; and prepare to march and chastise Nabal for his insolence:
and they girded on every man his sword; in obedience to David, and in vindication of his honour and their own:
and David also girded on his sword; in order to march at the head of them, fired with indignation at the affront given him:
and there went up after David about four hundred men; out of the six hundred he had with him, 1-Samuel 23:13,
and two hundred abode by the stuff; the baggage in their camp; the Targum is, they"were left to watch the vessels;''the things necessary for their use, for the dressing of their food, their bedding, &c.
two hundred abode by the stuff--This addition to his followers was made after his return into Judah (see 1-Samuel 22:2).
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