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1 # And Samuel <08050> died <04191> (8799); and all the Israelites <03478> were gathered together <06908> (8735), and lamented <05594> (8799) him, and buried <06912> (8799) him in his house <01004> at Ramah <07414>. And David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and went down <03381> (8799) to the wilderness <04057> of Paran <06290>.
2 # And there was a man <0376> in Maon <04584>, whose possessions <04639> were in Carmel <03760>; and the man <0376> was very <03966> great <01419>, and he had three <07969> thousand <0505> sheep <06629>, and a thousand <0505> goats <05795>: and he was shearing <01494> (8800) his sheep <06629> in Carmel <03760>.
3 Now the name <08034> of the man <0376> was Nabal <05037>; and the name <08034> of his wife <0802> Abigail <026>: and she was a woman <0802> of good <02896> understanding <07922>, and of a beautiful <03303> countenance <08389> : but the man <0376> was churlish <07186> and evil <07451> in his doings <04611>; and he was of the house of Caleb <03614> .
4 And David <01732> heard <08085> (8799) in the wilderness <04057> that Nabal <05037> did shear <01494> (8802) his sheep <06629>.
5 And David <01732> sent out <07971> (8799) ten <06235> young men <05288>, and David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the young men <05288>, Get you up <05927> (8798) to Carmel <03760>, and go <0935> (8804) to Nabal <05037>, and greet <07592> (8804) <07965> him in my name <08034>:
6 And thus shall ye say <0559> (8804) to him that liveth <02416> in prosperity, Peace <07965> be both to thee, and peace <07965> be to thine house <01004>, and peace <07965> be unto all that thou hast.
7 And now I have heard <08085> (8804) that thou hast shearers <01494> (8802): now thy shepherds <07462> (8802) which were with us, we hurt <03637> (8689) them not, neither was there ought <03972> missing <06485> (8738) unto them, all the while <03117> they were in Carmel <03760>.
8 Ask <07592> (8798) thy young men <05288>, and they will shew <05046> (8686) thee. Wherefore let the young men <05288> find <04672> (8799) favour <02580> in thine eyes <05869>: for we come <0935> (8804) in a good <02896> day <03117>: give <05414> (8798), I pray thee, whatsoever cometh <04672> (8799) to thine hand <03027> unto thy servants <05650>, and to thy son <01121> David <01732>.
9 And when David's <01732> young men <05288> came <0935> (8799), they spake <01696> (8762) to Nabal <05037> according to all those words <01697> in the name <08034> of David <01732>, and ceased <05117> (8799).
10 And Nabal <05037> answered <06030> (8799) David's <01732> servants <05650>, and said <0559> (8799), Who is David <01732>? and who is the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>? there be many <07231> (8804) servants <05650> now a days <03117> that break away <06555> (8693) every man <0376> from <06440> his master <0113>.
11 Shall I then take <03947> (8804) my bread <03899>, and my water <04325>, and my flesh <02878> that I have killed <02873> (8804) for my shearers <01494> (8802), and give <05414> (8804) it unto men <0582>, whom I know <03045> (8804) not whence they be?
12 # So David's <01732> young men <05288> turned <02015> (8799) their way <01870>, and went again <07725> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) him all those sayings <01697>.
13 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto his men <0582>, Gird ye on <02296> (8798) every man <0376> his sword <02719>. And they girded on <02296> (8799) every man <0376> his sword <02719>; and David <01732> also girded on <02296> (8799) his sword <02719>: and there went up <05927> (8799) after <0310> David <01732> about four <0702> hundred <03967> men <0376>; and two hundred <03967> abode <03427> (8804) by the stuff <03627>.
14 But one <0259> of the young men <05288> told <05046> (8689) Abigail <026>, Nabal's <05037> wife <0802>, saying <0559> (8800), Behold, David <01732> sent <07971> (8804) messengers <04397> out of the wilderness <04057> to salute <01288> (8763) our master <0113>; and he railed <05860> (8799) on them.
15 But the men <0582> were very <03966> good <02896> unto us, and we were not hurt <03637> (8717), neither missed <06485> (8804) we any thing <03972>, as long as <03117> we were conversant <01980> (8694) with them, when we were in the fields <07704>:
16 They were a wall <02346> unto us both by night <03915> and day <03119>, all the while <03117> we were with them keeping <07462> (8802) the sheep <06629>.
17 Now therefore know <03045> (8798) and consider <07200> (8798) what thou wilt do <06213> (8799); for evil <07451> is determined <03615> (8804) against our master <0113>, and against all his household <01004>: for he is such a son <01121> of Belial <01100>, that a man cannot speak <01696> (8763) to him.
18 # Then Abigail <026> made haste <04116> (8762), and took <03947> (8799) two hundred <03967> loaves <03899>, and two <08147> bottles <05035> of wine <03196>, and five <02568> sheep <06629> ready dressed <06213> (8803), and five <02568> measures <05429> of parched <07039> corn, and an hundred <03967> clusters of raisins <06778>, and two hundred <03967> cakes <01690> of figs, and laid <07760> (8799) them on asses <02543>.
19 And she said <0559> (8799) unto her servants <05288>, Go on <05674> (8798) before <06440> me; behold, I come <0935> (8802) after <0310> you. But she told <05046> (8689) not her husband <0376> Nabal <05037>.
20 And it was so, as she rode <07392> (8802) on the ass <02543>, that she came down <03381> (8802) by the covert <05643> of the hill <02022>, and, behold, David <01732> and his men <0582> came down <03381> (8802) against <07125> (8800) her; and she met <06298> (8799) them.
21 Now David <01732> had said <0559> (8804), Surely in vain <08267> have I kept <08104> (8804) all that this <02088> fellow hath in the wilderness <04057>, so that nothing <03972> was missed <06485> (8738) of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited <07725> (8686) me evil <07451> for good <02896>.
22 So <03541> and more <03254> (8686) also do <06213> (8799) God <0430> unto the enemies <0341> (8802) of David <01732>, if I leave <07604> (8686) of all that pertain to him by <05704> the morning <01242> light <0216> any that pisseth <08366> (8688) against the wall <07023>.
23 And when Abigail <026> saw <07200> (8799) David <01732>, she hasted <04116> (8762), and lighted off <03381> (8799) the ass <02543>, and fell <05307> (8799) before <0639> David <01732> on her face <06440> , and bowed <07812> (8691) herself to the ground <0776>,
24 And fell <05307> (8799) at his feet <07272>, and said <0559> (8799), Upon me, my lord <0113>, upon me let this iniquity <05771> be: and let thine handmaid <0519>, I pray thee, speak <01696> (8762) in thine audience <0241> , and hear <08085> (8798) the words <01697> of thine handmaid <0589>.
25 Let <07760> (8799) not my lord <0113>, I pray thee, regard <03820> this man <0376> of Belial <01100> , even Nabal <05037>: for as his name <08034> is, so is he; Nabal <05037> is his name <08034>, and folly <05039> is with him: but I thine handmaid <0519> saw <07200> (8804) not the young men <05288> of my lord <0113>, whom thou didst send <07971> (8804).
26 Now therefore, my lord <0113>, as the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, and as thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, seeing the LORD <03068> hath withholden <04513> (8804) thee from coming <0935> (8800) to shed blood <01818> , and from avenging <03467> (8687) thyself with thine own hand <03027>, now let thine enemies <0341> (8802), and they that seek <01245> (8764) evil <07451> to my lord <0113>, be as Nabal <05037>.
27 And now this blessing <01293> which thine handmaid <08198> hath brought <0935> (8689) unto my lord <0113>, let it even be given <05414> (8738) unto the young men <05288> that follow <01980> (8693) <07272> my lord <0113>.
28 I pray thee, forgive <05375> (8798) the trespass <06588> of thine handmaid <0519>: for the LORD <03068> will certainly <06213> (8800) make <06213> (8799) my lord <0113> a sure <0539> (8737) house <01004>; because my lord <0113> fighteth <03898> (8737) the battles <04421> of the LORD <03068>, and evil <07451> hath not been found <04672> (8735) in thee all thy days <03117>.
29 Yet a man <0120> is risen <06965> (8799) to pursue <07291> (8800) thee, and to seek <01245> (8763) thy soul <05315>: but the soul <05315> of my lord <0113> shall be bound <06887> (8803) in the bundle <06872> of life <02416> with the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>; and the souls <05315> of thine enemies <0341> (8802), them shall he sling out <07049> (8762), as out of the middle <08432> <03709> of a sling <07050>.
30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD <03068> shall have done <06213> (8799) to my lord <0113> according to all the good <02896> that he hath spoken <01696> (8765) concerning thee, and shall have appointed <06680> (8765) thee ruler <05057> over Israel <03478>;
31 That this shall be no grief <06330> unto thee, nor offence <04383> of heart <03820> unto my lord <0113>, either that thou hast shed <08210> (8800) blood <01818> causeless <02600>, or that my lord <0113> hath avenged <03467> (8687) himself: but when the LORD <03068> shall have dealt well <03190> (8689) with my lord <0113>, then remember <02142> (8804) thine handmaid <0519>.
32 # And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abigail <026>, Blessed <01288> (8803) be the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, which sent <07971> (8804) thee this day <03117> to meet <07125> (8800) me:
33 And blessed <01288> (8803) be thy advice <02940>, and blessed <01288> (8803) be thou, which hast kept <03607> (8804) me this day <03117> from coming <0935> (8800) to shed blood <01818>, and from avenging <03467> (8687) myself with mine own hand <03027>.
34 For in very deed <0199>, as the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> liveth <02416>, which hath kept me back <04513> (8804) from hurting <07489> (8687) thee, except <03884> thou hadst hasted <04116> (8765) and come <0935> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) me, surely there had not been left <03498> (8738) unto Nabal <05037> by the morning <01242> light <0216> any that pisseth <08366> (8688) against the wall <07023>.
35 So David <01732> received <03947> (8799) of her hand <03027> that which she had brought <0935> (8689) him, and said <0559> (8804) unto her, Go up <05927> (8798) in peace <07965> to thine house <01004>; see <07200> (8798), I have hearkened <08085> (8804) to thy voice <06963>, and have accepted <05375> (8799) thy person <06440> .
36 # And Abigail <026> came <0935> (8799) to Nabal <05037>; and, behold, he held a feast <04960> in his house <01004>, like the feast <04960> of a king <04428>; and Nabal's <05037> heart <03820> was merry <02896> within him, for he was very <03966> drunken <07910>: wherefore she told <05046> (8689) him nothing <01697>, less <06996> or more <01419>, until the morning <01242> light <0216>.
37 But it came to pass in the morning <01242>, when the wine <03196> was gone out <03318> (8800) of Nabal <05037> , and his wife <0802> had told <05046> (8686) him these things <01697>, that his heart <03820> died <04191> (8799) within <07130> him, and he became as a stone <068>.
38 And it came to pass about ten <06235> days <03117> after, that the LORD <03068> smote <05062> (8799) Nabal <05037>, that he died <04191> (8799).
39 And when David <01732> heard <08085> (8799) that Nabal <05037> was dead <04191> (8804), he said <0559> (8799), Blessed <01288> (8803) be the LORD <03068>, that hath pleaded <07378> (8804) the cause <07379> of my reproach <02781> from the hand <03027> of Nabal <05037>, and hath kept <02820> (8804) his servant <05650> from evil <07451>: for the LORD <03068> hath returned <07725> (8689) the wickedness <07451> of Nabal <05037> upon his own head <07218>. And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) and communed <01696> (8762) with Abigail <026>, to take <03947> (8800) her to him to wife <0802>.
40 And when the servants <05650> of David <01732> were come <0935> (8799) to Abigail <026> to Carmel <03760> , they spake <01696> (8762) unto her, saying <0559> (8800), David <01732> sent <07971> (8804) us unto thee, to take <03947> (8800) thee to him to wife <0802>.
41 And she arose <06965> (8799), and bowed <07812> (8691) herself on her face <0639> to the earth <0776>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold, let thine handmaid <0519> be a servant <08198> to wash <07364> (8800) the feet <07272> of the servants <05650> of my lord <0113>.
42 And Abigail <026> hasted <04116> (8762), and arose <06965> (8799), and rode <07392> (8799) upon an ass <02543>, with five <02568> damsels <05291> of hers that went <01980> (8802) after <07272> her; and she went <03212> (8799) after <0310> the messengers <04397> of David <01732>, and became his wife <0802>.
43 David <01732> also took <03947> (8804) Ahinoam <0293> of Jezreel <03157>; and they were also both <08147> of them his wives <0802>.
44 But Saul <07586> had given <05414> (8804) Michal <04324> his daughter <01323>, David's <01732> wife <0802>, to Phalti <06406> the son <01121> of Laish <03919>, which was of Gallim <01554>.