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- Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Maon.
- A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.
- His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was surly and mean in his dealings.
- While David was in the desert, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
- So he sent ten young men and said to them, "Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name.
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- Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
- Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel
- (now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),
- that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
- So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name;
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- Say to him: 'Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!
- " 'Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing.
- Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my young men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them.' "
- When David's men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David's name. Then they waited.
- Nabal answered David's servants, "Who is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days.
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- and thus you shall say, 'Have a long life, peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
- 'Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel.
- 'Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son David.'"
- When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David's name; then they waited.
- But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master.
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- Why should I take my bread and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?"
- David's men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.
- David said to his men, "Put on your swords!" So they put on their swords, and David put on his. About four hundred men went up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
- One of the servants told Nabal's wife Abigail: "David sent messengers from the desert to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them.
- Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.
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- "Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?"
- So David's young men retraced their way and went back; and they came and told him according to all these words.
- David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." So each man girded on his sword. And David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David while two hundred stayed with the baggage.
- But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, and he scorned them.
- "Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not insulted, nor did we miss anything as long as we went about with them, while we were in the fields.
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- Night and day they were a wall around us all the time we were herding our sheep near them.
- Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him."
- Abigail lost no time. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
- Then she told her servants, "Go on ahead; I'll follow you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
- As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them.
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- "They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep.
- "Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him."
- Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.
- She said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I am coming after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
- It came about as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; so she met them.
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- David had just said, "It's been useless--all my watching over this fellow's property in the desert so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good.
- May God deal with David, be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!"
- When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.
- She fell at his feet and said: "My lord, let the blame be on me alone. Please let your servant speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.
- May my lord pay no attention to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name--his name is Fool, and folly goes with him. But as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my master sent.
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- Now David had said, "Surely in vain I have guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good.
- "May God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if by morning I leave as much as one male of any who belong to him."
- When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground.
- She fell at his feet and said, "On me alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant.
- "Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
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- "Now since the LORD has kept you, my master, from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hands, as surely as the LORD lives and as you live, may your enemies and all who intend to harm my master be like Nabal.
- And let this gift, which your servant has brought to my master, be given to the men who follow you.
- Please forgive your servant's offense, for the LORD will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my master, because he fights the LORD's battles. Let no wrongdoing be found in you as long as you live.
- Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my master will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the LORD your God. But the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling.
- When the LORD has done for my master every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him leader over Israel,
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- "Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.
- "Now let this gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord.
- "Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days.
- "Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.
- "And when the LORD does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel,
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- my master will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the LORD has brought my master success, remember your servant."
- David said to Abigail, "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me.
- May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.
- Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak."
- Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, "Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request."
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- this will not cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having avenged himself. When the LORD deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant."
- Then David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me,
- and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
- "Nevertheless, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from harming you, unless you had come quickly to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one male."
- So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, "Go up to your house in peace See, I have listened to you and granted your request."
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- When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until daybreak.
- Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.
- About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
- When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Praise be to the LORD, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal's wrongdoing down on his own head." Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
- His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, "David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife."
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- Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light.
- But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone.
- About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
- When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil The LORD has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head " Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.
- When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you to take you as his wife."
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- She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, "Here is your maidservant, ready to serve you and wash the feet of my master's servants."
- Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five maids, went with David's messengers and became his wife.
- David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.
- But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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- She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord's servants."
- Then Abigail quickly arose, and rode on a donkey, with her five maidens who attended her; and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.
- David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives.
- Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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