1. 1 Samuel 25:10 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What does Nabal’s answer show about his attitude toward David?

1 Samuel 25:10 (ESV)

10 And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants these days who are breaking away from their masters.

Nabal essentially called David a runaway slave.1 This show us that he did not have a high opinion of David; indeed, he insulted him publicly when he spoke to David’s servants in this way (see 1 Samuel 25:14).