Quotes About Servants

Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ëBehold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.í”

When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the kingís son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ëSaul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousandsí?”

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.

Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.í”

But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”

Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.

Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your masterís servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

So Joab son of Zeruiah, along with the servants of David, marched out and met them by the pool of Gibeon. And the two camps took up positions on opposite sides of the pool.

The battle that day was intense, and Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David.

And Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica, and all who dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants of Mephibosheth.

And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,

So Hanun took Davidís servants, shaved off half of each manís beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he perceived that the child was dead. So he asked his servants, “Is the child dead?” “He is dead,” they replied.

Then the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground; and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joabís field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalomís servants set the field on fire.

Then Joab came to Absalomís house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”

And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”

There the people of Israel were defeated by Davidís servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.