Quotes About Community

and say to him, ëLong life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.

Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.

Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”

Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.

They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them.

Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.

The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.

So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is Davidís plunder!”

When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”

He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;

to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;

to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;

and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

David also took the men who were with him, each with his household, and they settled in the towns near Hebron.

So David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead to tell them, “The LORD bless you, because you showed this kindness to Saul your lord when you buried him.

The Benjamites rallied to Abner, formed a single unit, and took their stand atop a hill.

When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.