en_tn_condensed/1sa/26/14.md

Do you not answer, Abner?

David uses a question to shame Abner into answering. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "Answer me, Abner!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion)

David shouted

"David spoke as loudly as he could" so Saul and his men could hear him