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1. And Samuel[H8050] died;[H4191] and all[H3605] the Israelites[H3478] were gathered 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[H413] 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[H1961] shearing[H1494] [H853] 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 she was a woman[H802] 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[H1931] was of the house of Caleb.[H3612]

4. And David[H1732] heard[H8085] in the wilderness[H4057] that[H3588] Nabal[H5037] did shear[H1494] [H853] his sheep.[H6629]

5. And David[H1732] sent out[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[H413] Nabal,[H5037] and greet[H7592] [H7965] him in my name: [H8034]

6. And thus[H3541] shall ye say[H559] to him that liveth[H2416] in prosperity, Peace[H7965] be both to thee,[H859] and peace[H7965] be to thine house,[H1004] and peace[H7965] be unto all[H3605] that[H834] thou hast.

7. And now[H6258] I have heard[H8085] that[H3588] thou hast shearers:[H1494] now[H6258] thy shepherds[H7462] which[H834] were[H1961] with[H5973] us, we hurt[H3637] them not,[H3808] neither[H3808] was there aught[H3972] missing[H6485] unto them, all[H3605] the while[H3117] they were[H1961] in Carmel.[H3760]

8. Ask[H7592] [H853] thy young men,[H5288] and they will show[H5046] thee. Wherefore let the young men[H5288] find[H4672] favor[H2580] in thine eyes:[H5869] for[H3588] we come[H935] in[H5921] a good[H2896] day:[H3117] give,[H5414] I pray thee,[H4994] [H853] whatsoever[H834] cometh[H4672] to thine hand[H3027] unto thy servants,[H5650] and to thy son[H1121] David.[H1732]

9. And when David's[H1732] young men[H5288] came,[H935] they spoke[H1696] to[H413] Nabal[H5037] according to all[H3605] those[H428] words[H1697] in the name[H8034] of David,[H1732] and ceased.[H5117]

10. And Nabal[H5037] answered[H6030] [H853] David's[H1732] servants,[H5650] and said,[H559] Who[H4310] is David?[H1732] and who[H4310] is the son[H1121] of Jesse?[H3448] there be many[H7231] servants[H5650] now a days[H3117] that break away[H6555] every man[H376] from[H4480] [H6440] his master.[H113]

11. Shall I then take[H3947] [H853] my bread,[H3899] and my water,[H4325] and my flesh[H2878] that[H834] I have killed[H2873] for my shearers,[H1494] and give[H5414] it unto men,[H376] whom[H834] I know[H3045] not[H3808] whence[H335] [H4480] [H2088] they[H1992] be?

12. So David's[H1732] young men[H5288] turned[H2015] their way,[H1870] and went again,[H7725] and came[H935] and told[H5046] him all[H3605] those[H428] sayings.[H1697]

13. And David[H1732] said[H559] unto his men,[H376] Gird ye on[H2296] every man[H376] [H853] his sword.[H2719] And they girded on[H2296] every man[H376] [H853] his sword;[H2719] and David[H1732] also[H1571] girded on[H2296] [H853] 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[H5921] the stuff.[H3627]

14. But one[H259] [H5288] of the young men[H4480] [H5288] told[H5046] Abigail,[H26] Nabal's[H5037] wife,[H802] saying,[H559] Behold,[H2009] David[H1732] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] out of the wilderness[H4480] [H4057] to salute[H1288] [H853] our master;[H113] and he railed[H5860] on them.

15. But the men[H376] were very[H3966] good[H2896] unto us, and we were not[H3808] hurt,[H3637] neither[H3808] missed[H6485] we any thing,[H3972] as long as[H3605] [H3117] we were conversant[H1980] with[H854] them, when we were[H1961] in the fields: [H7704]

16. They were[H1961] a wall[H2346] unto[H5921] us both[H1571] by night[H3915] and[H1571] day,[H3119] all[H3605] the while[H3117] we were[H1961] with[H5973] them keeping[H7462] the sheep.[H6629]

17. Now[H6258] therefore know[H3045] and consider[H7200] what[H4100] thou wilt do;[H6213] for[H3588] evil[H7451] is determined[H3615] against[H413] our master,[H113] and against[H5921] all[H3605] his household:[H1004] for he[H1931] is such a son[H1121] of Belial,[H1100] that a man cannot speak[H4480] [H1696] to[H413] him.

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] corn, and a hundred[H3967] clusters of raisins,[H6778] and two hundred[H3967] cakes of figs,[H1690] and laid[H7760] them on[H5921] asses.[H2543]

19. And she said[H559] unto her servants,[H5288] Go on[H5674] before[H6440] me; behold,[H2005] I come[H935] after[H310] you. But she told[H5046] not[H3808] her husband[H376] Nabal.[H5037]

20. And it was[H1961] so, as she[H1931] rode[H7392] on[H5921] the ass,[H2543] that she came down[H3381] by the covert[H5643] of the hill,[H2022] and, behold,[H2009] David[H1732] and his men[H376] came down[H3381] against[H7125] her; and she met[H6298] them.

21. Now David[H1732] had said,[H559] Surely[H389] in vain[H8267] have I kept[H8104] [H853] all[H3605] that[H834] this[H2088] fellow hath in the wilderness,[H4057] so that nothing[H3808] [H3972] was missed[H6485] of all[H4480] [H3605] that[H834] pertained unto him: and he hath requited[H7725] me evil[H7451] for[H8478] good.[H2896]

22. So[H3541] and more[H3254] also[H3541] do[H6213] God[H430] unto the enemies[H341] of David,[H1732] if[H518] I leave[H7604] of all[H4480] [H3605] that[H834] pertain to him by[H5704] the morning light[H1242] any that pisseth[H8366] against the wall.[H7023]

23. And when Abigail[H26] saw[H7200] [H853] David,[H1732] she hasted,[H4116] and lighted[H3381] off[H4480] [H5921] the ass,[H2543] and fell[H5307] before[H639] David[H1732] on[H5921] her face,[H6440] and bowed herself[H7812] to the ground,[H776]

24. And fell[H5307] at[H5921] his feet,[H7272] and said,[H559] Upon me,[H589] my lord,[H113] upon me let this iniquity[H5771] be: and let thine handmaid,[H519] I pray thee,[H4994] speak[H1696] in thine audience,[H241] and hear[H8085] [H853] the words[H1697] of thine handmaid.[H519]

25. Let not[H408] my lord,[H113] I pray thee,[H4994] regard[H7760] [H853] [H3820] [H413] this[H2088] man[H376] of Belial,[H1100] even Nabal:[H5037] for[H3588] as his name[H8034] is, so[H3651] is he;[H1931] Nabal[H5037] is his name,[H8034] and folly[H5039] is with[H5973] him: but I[H589] thine handmaid[H519] saw[H7200] not[H3808] [H853] the young men[H5288] of my lord,[H113] whom[H834] thou didst send.[H7971]

26. Now[H6258] therefore, my lord,[H113] as the LORD[H3068] liveth,[H2416] and as thy soul[H5315] liveth,[H2416] seeing[H834] the LORD[H3068] hath withheld[H4513] thee from coming[H4480] [H935] to shed blood,[H1818] and from avenging[H3467] thyself with thine own hand,[H3027] now[H6258] let thine enemies,[H341] and they that seek[H1245] evil[H7451] to[H413] my lord,[H113] be[H1961] as Nabal.[H5037]

27. And now[H6258] this[H2063] blessing[H1293] which[H834] thine handmaid[H8198] hath brought[H935] unto my lord,[H113] let it even be given[H5414] unto the young men[H5288] that follow[H1980] [H7272] my lord.[H113]

28. I pray thee,[H4994] forgive[H5375] the trespass[H6588] of thine handmaid:[H519] for[H3588] the LORD[H3068] will certainly make[H6213] [H6213] my lord[H113] a sure[H539] house;[H1004] because[H3588] my lord[H113] fighteth[H3898] the battles[H4421] of the LORD,[H3068] and evil[H7451] hath not[H3808] been found[H4672] in thee all thy days.[H4480] [H3117]

29. Yet a man[H120] is risen[H6965] to pursue[H7291] thee, and to seek[H1245] [H853] thy soul:[H5315] but the soul[H5315] of my lord[H113] shall be[H1961] bound[H6887] in the bundle[H6872] of life[H2416] with[H854] the LORD[H3068] thy God;[H430] and the souls[H5315] of thine enemies,[H341] them shall he sling out,[H7049] as out of the middle[H8432] of a sling.[H7050]

30. And it shall come to pass,[H1961] when[H3588] the LORD[H3068] shall have done[H6213] to my lord[H113] according to all[H3605] [H853] the good[H2896] that[H834] he hath spoken[H1696] concerning[H5921] thee, and shall have appointed[H6680] thee ruler[H5057] over[H5921] Israel;[H3478]

31. That this[H2063] shall be[H1961] no[H3808] grief[H6330] unto thee, nor offense[H4383] of heart[H3820] unto my lord,[H113] either that thou hast shed[H8210] blood[H1818] causeless,[H2600] or that my lord[H113] hath avenged[H3467] himself: but when the LORD[H3068] shall have dealt well[H3190] with my lord,[H113] then remember[H2142] [H853] thine handmaid.[H519]

32. And David[H1732] said[H559] to Abigail,[H26] Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel,[H3478] which[H834] sent[H7971] thee this[H2088] day[H3117] to meet[H7125] me:

33. And blessed[H1288] be thy advice,[H2940] and blessed[H1288] be thou,[H859] which[H834] hast kept[H3607] me this[H2088] day[H3117] from coming[H4480] [H935] to shed blood,[H1818] and from avenging[H3467] myself with mine own hand.[H3027]

34. For in very deed,[H199] as the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel[H3478] liveth,[H2416] which[H834] hath kept me back[H4513] from hurting[H4480] [H7489] thee, except[H3588] [H3884] thou hadst hasted[H4116] and come[H935] to meet[H7125] me, surely[H3588] there had not[H518] been left[H3498] unto Nabal[H5037] by[H5704] the morning[H1242] light[H216] any that pisseth[H8366] against the wall.[H7023]

35. So David[H1732] received[H3947] of her hand[H4480] [H3027] [H853] that which[H834] she had brought[H935] him, and said[H559] unto her, Go up[H5927] in peace[H7965] to thine 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[H413] Nabal;[H5037] and, behold,[H2009] 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[H5921] him, for he[H1931] was very[H5704] [H3966] drunken:[H7910] wherefore she told[H5046] him nothing,[H3808] [H1697] less[H6996] or more,[H1419] until[H5704] the morning[H1242] light.[H216]

37. But it came to pass[H1961] in the morning,[H1242] when the wine[H3196] was gone out[H3318] of Nabal,[H4480] [H5037] and his wife[H802] had told[H5046] him[H853] these[H428] things,[H1697] that his heart[H3820] died[H4191] within[H7130] him, and he[H1931] became[H1961] as a stone.[H68]

38. And it came to pass[H1961] about ten[H6235] days[H3117] after, that the LORD[H3068] smote[H5062] [H853] Nabal,[H5037] that he died.[H4191]

39. And when David[H1732] heard[H8085] that[H3588] Nabal[H5037] was dead,[H4191] he said,[H559] Blessed[H1288] be the LORD,[H3068] that[H834] hath pleaded[H7378] [H853] the cause[H7379] of my reproach[H2781] from the hand[H4480] [H3027] of Nabal,[H5037] and hath kept[H2820] his servant[H5650] from evil:[H4480] [H7451] for the LORD[H3068] hath returned[H7725] the wickedness[H7451] of Nabal[H5037] upon his own head.[H7218] And David[H1732] sent[H7971] and communed[H1696] with Abigail,[H26] to take[H3947] her to him to wife.[H802]

40. And when the servants[H5650] of David[H1732] were come[H935] to[H413] Abigail[H26] to Carmel,[H3760] they spoke[H1696] unto[H413] her, saying,[H559] David[H1732] sent[H7971] us unto[H413] thee, to take[H3947] thee to him to wife.[H802]

41. And she arose,[H6965] and bowed herself[H7812] on her face[H639] to the earth,[H776] and said,[H559] Behold,[H2009] let thine handmaid[H519] be a servant[H8198] to wash[H7364] the feet[H7272] of the servants[H5650] of my lord.[H113]

42. And Abigail[H26] hasted,[H4116] and arose,[H6965] and rode[H7392] upon[H5921] an ass,[H2543] with five[H2568] damsels[H5291] of hers that went[H1980] after[H7272] her; and she went[H1980] after[H310] the messengers[H4397] of David,[H1732] and became[H1961] his wife.[H802]

43. David[H1732] also took[H3947] Ahinoam[H293] of Jezreel;[H4480] [H3157] and they were[H1961] also[H1571] both[H8147] of them his wives.[H802]

44. But Saul[H7586] had given[H5414] [H853] Michal[H4324] his daughter,[H1323] David's[H1732] wife,[H802] to Phalti[H6406] the son[H1121] of Laish,[H3919] which[H834] was of Gallim.[H4480] [H1554]