ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 25
1. And Samuel[H8050] died[H4191]; and all Israel[H3478] gathered themselves together[H6908], and lamented[H5594] him[H6912], and buried him in his house[H1004] at Ramah[H7414]. And David[H1732] arose[H6965], and went down[H3381] to the wilderness[H4057] of Paran[H6290].
2. 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].
3. 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].
4. And David[H1732] heard[H8085] in the wilderness[H4057] that Nabal[H5037] was shearing[H1494] his sheep[H6629].
5. 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]:
6. and thus shall ye say[H559] to him that liveth[H2416] in prosperity[H7965], Peace be unto thee[H7965], and peace be to thy house[H1004], and peace be unto all that thou hast[H7965].
7. And now I have heard[H8085] that thou hast shearers[H1494]: thy shepherds[H7462] have now been with us[H3637], and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught[H3972] missing[H6485] unto them[H3117], all the while they were in Carmel[H3760].
8. Ask[H7592] thy young men[H5288], and they will tell[H5046] thee[H5288]: wherefore let the young men find[H4672] favor[H2580] in thine eyes[H5869]; for we come[H935] in a good[H2896] day[H3117]: give[H5414], I pray thee[H4672], whatsoever cometh to thy hand[H3027], unto thy servants[H5650], and to thy son[H1121] David[H1732].
9. And when David[H1732]'s 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].
10. And Nabal[H5037] answered[H6030] David[H1732]'s 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[H3117]-days that break away[H6555] every man[H376] from[H6440] his master[H113].
11. 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 not whence they are[H3045]?
12. So David[H1732]'s 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].
13. 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].
14. But one[H259] of the young men[H5288] told[H5046] Abigail[H26], Nabal[H5037]'s wife[H802], saying[H559], Behold[H1732], David sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] out of the wilderness[H4057] to salute[H1288] our master[H113]; and he railed at them[H5860].
15. But the men[H582] were very[H3966] good[H2896] unto us[H3637], and we were not hurt, neither missed[H6485] we anything[H3972], as long as[H3117] we went[H1980] with them[H7704], when we were in the fields:
16. 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].
17. 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 to him[H1696].
18. 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[H3967], and a hundred clusters of raisins[H6778], and two hundred[H3967] cakes[H1690] of figs[H7760], and laid them on asses[H2543].
19. And she said[H559] unto her young men[H5288], Go on[H5674] before[H6440] me[H935]; behold, I come after[H310] you[H5046]. But she told not her husband[H376] Nabal[H5037].
20. And it was so[H7392], as she rode on her ass[H2543], and came down[H3381] by the covert[H5643] of the mountain[H2022], that[H1732], behold, David and his men[H582] came down[H3381] toward[H7125] her[H6298]; and she met them.
21. 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[H7725]: and he hath returned me evil[H7451] for good[H2896].
22. God[H430] do[H6213] so[H3541] unto the enemies[H341] of David[H1732], and more[H3254] also[H7604], if I leave of all that pertain to him by[H5704] the morning[H1242] light[H216] so much as one[H8366] man-child[H7023].
23. 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].
24. And she fell[H5307] at his feet[H7272], and said[H559], Upon me[H113], my lord, upon me be the iniquity[H5771]; and let thy handmaid[H519], I pray thee[H1696], speak in thine ears[H241], and hear[H8085] thou the words[H1697] of thy handmaid[H589].
25. Let[H7760] not my lord[H113], I pray thee[H3820], regard this worthless[H1100] fellow[H376], even Nabal[H5037]; for as his name[H8034] is[H5037], so is he; Nabal is his name[H8034], and folly[H5039] is with him[H519]: but I thy handmaid saw[H7200] not the young men[H5288] of my lord[H113], whom thou didst send[H7971].
26. Now therefore[H113], my lord, 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].
27. 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].
28. Forgive[H5375], I pray thee[H6588], the trespass 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].
29. And though men[H120] be risen[H6965] up to pursue[H7291] thee[H1245], and to seek 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].
30. And it shall come to pass[H3068], when Jehovah shall have done[H6213] to my lord[H3068] according to all the good[H2896] that he hath spoken[H1696] concerning thee[H6680], and shall have appointed thee prince[H5057] over Israel[H3478],
31. that this shall be no grief[H6330] unto thee[H4383], nor offence 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[H3068]. And when Jehovah shall have dealt well[H3190] with my lord[H113], then remember[H2142] thy handmaid[H519].
32. 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 me[H7125]:
33. and blessed[H1288] be thy discretion[H2940], and blessed[H1288] be thou[H3607], that hast kept me this day[H3117] from[H935] bloodguiltiness[H1818], and from avenging[H3467] myself with mine own hand[H3027].
34. 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[H3884], except thou hadst hasted[H4116] and come[H935] to meet[H7125] me[H3498], surely there had not been left unto Nabal[H5037] by the morning[H1242] light[H216] so much as one[H8366] man-child[H7023].
35. So David[H1732] received[H3947] of her hand[H3027] that which she had brought[H935] him[H559]: and he said unto her[H5927], Go up in peace[H7965] to thy house[H1004]; see[H7200], I have hearkened[H8085] to thy voice[H6963], and have accepted[H5375] thy person[H6440].
36. And Abigail[H26] came[H935] to Nabal[H5037]; and[H4960], behold, he held a feast in his house[H1004], like the feast[H4960] of a king[H4428]; and Nabal[H5037]'s heart[H3820] was merry[H2896] within him[H3966], for he was very drunken[H7910]: wherefore she told[H5046] him nothing[H1697], less[H6996] or more[H1419], until the morning[H1242] light[H216].
37. 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[H68], and he became as a stone.
38. And it came to pass about ten[H6235] days[H3117] after[H3068], that Jehovah smote[H5062] Nabal[H5037], so that he died[H4191].
39. 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].
40. And when the servants[H5650] of David[H1732] were come[H935] to Abigail[H26] to Carmel[H3760], they spake[H1696] unto her[H559], saying, David[H1732] hath sent[H7971] us unto thee[H3947], to take thee to him to wife[H802].
41. And she arose[H6965], and bowed[H7812] herself with her face[H639] to the earth[H776], and said[H559], Behold[H519], thy handmaid is a servant[H8198] to wash[H7364] the feet[H7272] of the servants[H8198] of my lord[H113].
42. 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[H1980]; and she went after[H7272] the messengers[H4397] of David[H1732], and became his wife[H802].
43. David[H1732] also took[H3947] Ahinoam[H293] of Jezreel[H3157]; and they became both[H8147] of them his wives[H802].
44. Now Saul[H7586] had given[H5414] Michal[H4324] his daughter[H1323], David[H1732]'s wife[H802], to Palti[H6406] the son[H1121] of Laish[H3919], who was of Gallim[H1554].
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