And Samuel{H8050} died;{H4191} and all Israel{H3478} gathered themselves together,{H6908} and lamented{H5594} him, and buried{H6912} him in his house{H1004} at Ramah.{H7414} And David{H1732} arose,{H6965} and went down{H3381} to the wilderness{H4057} of Paran.{H6290}

And there was a man{H376} in Maon,{H4584} whose possessions{H4639} were in Carmel;{H3760} and the man{H376} was very{H3966} great,{H1419} and he had three{H7969} thousand{H505} sheep,{H6629} and a thousand{H505} goats:{H5795} and he was shearing{H1494} his sheep{H6629} in Carmel.{H3760}

Now the name{H8034} of the man{H376} was Nabal;{H5037} and the name{H8034} of his wife{H802} Abigail;{H26} and the woman{H802} was of good{H2896} understanding,{H7922} and of a beautiful{H3303} countenance:{H8389} but the man{H376} was churlish{H7186} and evil{H7451} in his doings;{H4611} and he was of the house of Caleb.{H3614}

And David{H1732} heard{H8085} in the wilderness{H4057} that Nabal{H5037} was shearing{H1494} his sheep.{H6629}

And David{H1732} sent{H7971} ten{H6235} young men,{H5288} and David{H1732} said{H559} unto the young men,{H5288} Get you up{H5927} to Carmel,{H3760} and go{H935} to Nabal,{H5037} and greet{H7592} him in my name:{H8034}

and thus shall ye say{H559} to him that liveth{H2416} [in prosperity], Peace{H7965} be unto thee, and peace{H7965} be to thy house,{H1004} and peace{H7965} be unto all that thou hast.

And now I have heard{H8085} that thou hast shearers:{H1494} thy shepherds{H7462} have now been with us, and we did them no hurt,{H3637} neither was there aught{H3972} missing{H6485} unto them, all the while{H3117} they were in Carmel.{H3760}

Ask{H7592} thy young men,{H5288} and they will tell{H5046} thee: wherefore let the young men{H5288} find{H4672} favor{H2580} in thine eyes;{H5869} for we come{H935} in a good{H2896} day:{H3117} give,{H5414} I pray thee, whatsoever cometh{H4672} to thy hand,{H3027} unto thy servants,{H5650} and to thy son{H1121} David.{H1732}

And when David's{H1732} young men{H5288} came,{H935} they spake{H1696} to Nabal{H5037} according to all those words{H1697} in the name{H8034} of David,{H1732} and ceased.{H5117}

And Nabal{H5037} answered{H6030} David's{H1732} servants,{H5650} and said,{H559} Who is David?{H1732} and who is the son{H1121} of Jesse?{H3448} there are many{H7231} servants{H5650} now-a-days{H3117} that break away{H6555} every man{H376} from{H6440} his master.{H113}

Shall I then take{H3947} my bread,{H3899} and my water,{H4325} and my flesh{H2878} that I have killed{H2873} for my shearers,{H1494} and give{H5414} it unto men{H582} of whom I know{H3045} not whence they are?

So David's{H1732} young men{H5288} turned{H2015} on their way,{H1870} and went back,{H7725} and came{H935} and told{H5046} him according to all these words.{H1697}

And David{H1732} said{H559} unto his men,{H582} Gird ye on{H2296} every man{H376} his sword.{H2719} And they girded on{H2296} every man{H376} his sword;{H2719} and David{H1732} also girded on{H2296} his sword:{H2719} and there went up{H5927} after{H310} David{H1732} about four{H702} hundred{H3967} men;{H376} and two hundred{H3967} abode{H3427} by the baggage.{H3627}

But one{H259} of the young men{H5288} told{H5046} Abigail,{H26} Nabal's{H5037} wife,{H802} saying,{H559} Behold, David{H1732} sent{H7971} messengers{H4397} out of the wilderness{H4057} to salute{H1288} our master;{H113} and he railed{H5860} at them.

But the men{H582} were very{H3966} good{H2896} unto us, and we were not hurt,{H3637} neither missed{H6485} we anything,{H3972} as long as{H3117} we went{H1980} with them, when we were in the fields:{H7704}

they were a wall{H2346} unto us both by night{H3915} and by day,{H3119} all the while{H3117} we were with them keeping{H7462} the sheep.{H6629}

Now therefore know{H3045} and consider{H7200} what thou wilt do;{H6213} for evil{H7451} is determined{H3615} against our master,{H113} and against all his house:{H1004} for he is such a worthless{H1100} fellow,{H1121} that one cannot speak{H1696} to him.

Then Abigail{H26} made haste,{H4116} and took{H3947} two hundred{H3967} loaves,{H3899} and two{H8147} bottles{H5035} of wine,{H3196} and five{H2568} sheep{H6629} ready dressed,{H6213} and five{H2568} measures{H5429} of parched{H7039} grain, and a hundred{H3967} clusters of raisins,{H6778} and two hundred{H3967} cakes{H1690} of figs, and laid{H7760} them on asses.{H2543}

And she said{H559} unto her young men,{H5288} Go on{H5674} before{H6440} me; behold, I come{H935} after{H310} you. But she told{H5046} not her husband{H376} Nabal.{H5037}

And it was so, as she rode{H7392} on her ass,{H2543} and came down{H3381} by the covert{H5643} of the mountain,{H2022} that, behold, David{H1732} and his men{H582} came down{H3381} toward{H7125} her; and she met{H6298} them.

Now David{H1732} had said,{H559} Surely in vain{H8267} have I kept{H8104} all that this{H2088} fellow hath in the wilderness,{H4057} so that nothing{H3972} was missed{H6485} of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned{H7725} me evil{H7451} for good.{H2896}

God{H430} do{H6213} so{H3541} unto the enemies{H341} of David,{H1732} and more{H3254} also, if I leave{H7604} of all that pertain to him by{H5704} the morning{H1242} light{H216} so much as one {H8366} man-child.{H7023}

And when Abigail{H26} saw{H7200} David,{H1732} she hasted,{H4116} and alighted{H3381} from her ass,{H2543} and fell{H5307} before{H639} David{H1732} on her face,{H6440} and bowed{H7812} herself to the ground.{H776}

And she fell{H5307} at his feet,{H7272} and said,{H559} Upon me, my lord,{H113} upon me be the iniquity;{H5771} and let thy handmaid,{H519} I pray thee, speak{H1696} in thine ears,{H241} and hear{H8085} thou the words{H1697} of thy handmaid.{H589}

Let{H7760} not my lord,{H113} I pray thee, regard{H3820} this worthless{H1100} fellow,{H376} even Nabal;{H5037} for as his name{H8034} is, so is he; Nabal{H5037} is his name,{H8034} and folly{H5039} is with him: but I thy handmaid{H519} saw{H7200} not the young men{H5288} of my lord,{H113} whom thou didst send.{H7971}

Now therefore, my lord,{H113} as Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} and as thy soul{H5315} liveth,{H2416} seeing Jehovah{H3068} hath withholden{H4513} thee from{H935} bloodguiltiness,{H1818} and from avenging{H3467} thyself with thine own hand,{H3027} now therefore let thine enemies,{H341} and them that seek{H1245} evil{H7451} to my lord,{H113} be as Nabal.{H5037}

And now this present{H1293} which thy servant{H8198} hath brought{H935} unto my lord,{H113} let it be given{H5414} unto the young men{H5288} that follow{H1980} my lord.{H113}

Forgive,{H5375} I pray thee, the trespass{H6588} of thy handmaid:{H519} for Jehovah{H3068} will certainly{H6213} make{H6213} my lord{H3068} a sure{H539} house,{H1004} because my lord{H113} fighteth{H3898} the battles{H4421} of Jehovah;{H113} and evil{H7451} shall not be found{H4672} in thee all thy days.{H3117}

And though men{H120} be risen{H6965} up to pursue{H7291} thee, and to seek{H1245} thy soul,{H5315} yet the soul{H5315} of my lord{H113} shall be bound{H6887} in the bundle{H6872} of life{H2416} with Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} and the souls{H5315} of thine enemies,{H341} them shall he sling out,{H7049} as from the hollow{H8432} of a sling.{H7050}

And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah{H3068} shall have done{H6213} to my lord{H3068} according to all the good{H2896} that he hath spoken{H1696} concerning thee, and shall have appointed{H6680} thee prince{H5057} over Israel,{H3478}

that this shall be no grief{H6330} unto thee, nor offence{H4383} of heart{H3820} unto my lord,{H113} either that thou hast shed{H8210} blood{H1818} without cause,{H2600} or that my lord{H113} hath avenged{H3467} himself. And when Jehovah{H3068} shall have dealt well{H3190} with my lord,{H113} then remember{H2142} thy handmaid.{H519}

And David{H1732} said{H559} to Abigail,{H26} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} who sent{H7971} thee this day{H3117} to meet{H7125} me:

and blessed{H1288} be thy discretion,{H2940} and blessed{H1288} be thou, that hast kept{H3607} me this day{H3117} from{H935} bloodguiltiness,{H1818} and from avenging{H3467} myself with mine own hand.{H3027}

For in very deed,{H199} as Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} liveth,{H2416} who hath withholden{H4513} me from hurting{H7489} thee, except{H3884} thou hadst hasted{H4116} and come{H935} to meet{H7125} me, surely there had not been left{H3498} unto Nabal{H5037} by the morning{H1242} light{H216} so much as one {H8366} man-child.{H7023}

So David{H1732} received{H3947} of her hand{H3027} that which she had brought{H935} him: and he said{H559} unto her, Go up{H5927} in peace{H7965} to thy house;{H1004} see,{H7200} I have hearkened{H8085} to thy voice,{H6963} and have accepted{H5375} thy person.{H6440}

And Abigail{H26} came{H935} to Nabal;{H5037} and, behold, he held a feast{H4960} in his house,{H1004} like the feast{H4960} of a king;{H4428} and Nabal's{H5037} heart{H3820} was merry{H2896} within him, for he was very{H3966} drunken:{H7910} wherefore she told{H5046} him nothing,{H1697} less{H6996} or more,{H1419} until the morning{H1242} light.{H216}

And it came to pass in the morning,{H1242} when the wine{H3196} was gone out{H3318} of Nabal,{H5037} that his wife{H802} told{H5046} him these things,{H1697} and his heart{H3820} died{H4191} within{H7130} him, and he became as a stone.{H68}

And it came to pass about ten{H6235} days{H3117} after, that Jehovah{H3068} smote{H5062} Nabal,{H5037} so that he died.{H4191}

And when David{H1732} heard{H8085} that Nabal{H5037} was dead,{H4191} he said,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} that hath pleaded{H7378} the cause{H7379} of my reproach{H2781} from the hand{H3027} of Nabal,{H5037} and hath kept{H2820} back his servant{H5650} from evil:{H7451} and the evil-doing{H7451} of Nabal{H5037} hath Jehovah{H3068} returned{H7725} upon his own head.{H7218} And David{H1732} sent{H7971} and spake{H1696} concerning Abigail,{H26} to take{H3947} her to him to wife.{H802}

And when the servants{H5650} of David{H1732} were come{H935} to Abigail{H26} to Carmel,{H3760} they spake{H1696} unto her, saying,{H559} David{H1732} hath sent{H7971} us unto thee, to take{H3947} thee to him to wife.{H802}

And she arose,{H6965} and bowed{H7812} herself with her face{H639} to the earth,{H776} and said,{H559} Behold, thy handmaid{H519} is a servant{H8198} to wash{H7364} the feet{H7272} of the servants{H8198} of my lord.{H113}

And Abigail{H26} hasted,{H4116} and arose,{H6965} and rode{H7392} upon an ass,{H2543} with five{H2568} damsels{H5291} of hers that{H1980} followed{H7272} her; and she went{H1980} after{H7272} the messengers{H4397} of David,{H1732} and became his wife.{H802}

David{H1732} also took{H3947} Ahinoam{H293} of Jezreel;{H3157} and they became both{H8147} of them his wives.{H802}

Now Saul{H7586} had given{H5414} Michal{H4324} his daughter,{H1323} David's{H1732} wife,{H802} to Palti{H6406} the son{H1121} of Laish,{H3919} who was of Gallim.{H1554}