1Sa 25:10 | KD | STEP | Nabal refused the petitioners in the most churlish manner: “ Who is David? who the son of Jesse? ” i.e., what have I to do with David? “ There by many servants now-a-days who tear away every one from his master .” Thus, in order to justify his own covetousness, he set down David as a vagrant who had run away from his master.

‏ 1 Samuel 25:10

Nabal refused the petitioners in the most churlish manner: “Who is David? who the son of Jesse?” i.e., what have I to do with David? “There by many servants now-a-days who tear away every one from his master.” Thus, in order to justify his own covetousness, he set down David as a vagrant who had run away from his master.