| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 1Sa 25:16 | Strong Concordance | They were a wall [02346] unto us both by night [03915] and day [03119], all the while [03117] we were with them keeping [07462] the sheep [06629]. |
| King James | They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| A wall - To protect them from the attacks of the Bedouins, etc. They had been as safe with David's men around them as if they had been dwelling in a walled town. |