en_tn_condensed/1sa/25/10.md

Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse?

Nabal probably knew who David was, but he did not want to help David. (See: 1 Samuel 18:6-7). The words "servants ... breaking away from their masters" in verse 10 probably refer to David breaking away from Saul. These two rhetorical questions can be translated as statements. AT: "This David son of Jesse you speak of—I do not know him." or "I do not know who this David is, so I will not do as he says. I do not know who Jesse is, so I do not care what happens to his son." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

breaking away from

"running away from" or "rebelling against"