1Sa 25:8 | NET2full | STEP | Ask your own servants ; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight , for we have come at the time of a holiday . Please provide us—your servants and your son David

‏ 1 Samuel 25:8

8 Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come ^{▼▼tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading בָּאנוּ (baʾnu, “we have come”) rather than the MT’s בָּנוּ (banu, “we have built”).} at the time of a holiday. Please provide us—your servants ^{▼▼tn This refers to the ten servants sent by David.} and your son David—with whatever you can spare.’” ^{▼▼tn Heb “whatever your hand will find.”}