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[1]And SamuelH8050 diedH4191[H8799]; and all the IsraelitesH3478 were gathered togetherH6908[H8735], and lamentedH5594[H8799] him, and buriedH6912[H8799] him in his houseH1004 at RamahH7414. And DavidH1732 aroseH6965[H8799], and went downH3381[H8799] to the wildernessH4057 of ParanH6290.
[2]And there was a manH376 in MaonH4584, whose possessionsH4639 were in CarmelH3760; and the manH376 was veryH3966 greatH1419, and he had threeH7969 thousandH505 sheepH6629, and a thousandH505 goatsH5795: and he was shearingH1494[H8800] his sheepH6629 in CarmelH3760.
[3]Now the nameH8034 of the manH376 was NabalH5037; and the nameH8034 of his wifeH802 AbigailH26: and she was a womanH802 of goodH2896 understandingH7922, and of a beautifulH3303 countenanceH8389: but the manH376 was churlishH7186 and evilH7451 in his doingsH4611; and he was of the house of CalebH3614.
[4]And DavidH1732 heardH8085[H8799] in the wildernessH4057 that NabalH5037 did shearH1494[H8802] his sheepH6629.
[5]And DavidH1732 sent outH7971[H8799] tenH6235 young menH5288, and DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] unto the young menH5288, Get you upH5927[H8798] to CarmelH3760, and goH935[H8804] to NabalH5037, and greetH7592[H8804][H7965] him in my nameH8034:
[6]And thus shall ye sayH559[H8804] to him that livethH2416 in prosperity, PeaceH7965 be both to thee, and peaceH7965 be to thine houseH1004, and peace be unto all that thou hastH7965.
[7]And now I have heardH8085[H8804] that thou hast shearersH1494[H8802]: now thy shepherdsH7462[H8802] which were with us, we hurtH3637[H8689] them not, neither was there oughtH3972 missingH6485[H8738] unto them, all the whileH3117 they were in CarmelH3760.
[8]AskH7592[H8798] thy young menH5288, and they will shewH5046[H8686] thee. Wherefore let the young menH5288 findH4672[H8799] favourH2580 in thine eyesH5869: for we comeH935[H8804] in a goodH2896 dayH3117: giveH5414[H8798], I pray thee, whatsoever comethH4672[H8799] to thine handH3027 unto thy servantsH5650, and to thy sonH1121 DavidH1732.
[9]And when David'sH1732 young menH5288 cameH935[H8799], they spakeH1696[H8762] to NabalH5037 according to all those wordsH1697 in the nameH8034 of DavidH1732, and ceasedH5117.[H8799]
[10]And NabalH5037 answeredH6030[H8799] David'sH1732 servantsH5650, and saidH559[H8799], Who is DavidH1732? and who is the sonH1121 of JesseH3448? there be manyH7231[H8804] servantsH5650 now a daysH3117 that break awayH6555[H8693] every manH376 fromH6440 his masterH113.
[11]Shall I then takeH3947[H8804] my breadH3899, and my waterH4325, and my fleshH2878 that I have killedH2873[H8804] for my shearersH1494[H8802], and giveH5414[H8804] it unto menH582, whom I knowH3045 not whence they beH8804?
[12]So David'sH1732 young menH5288 turnedH2015[H8799] their wayH1870, and went againH7725[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] and toldH5046[H8686] him all those sayingsH1697.
[13]And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] unto his menH582, Gird ye onH2296[H8798] every manH376 his swordH2719. And they girded onH2296[H8799] every manH376 his swordH2719; and DavidH1732 also girded onH2296[H8799] his swordH2719: and there went upH5927[H8799] afterH310 DavidH1732 about fourH702 hundredH3967 menH376; and two hundredH3967 abodeH3427[H8804] by the stuffH3627.
[14]But oneH259 of the young menH5288 toldH5046[H8689] AbigailH26, Nabal'sH5037 wifeH802, sayingH559[H8800], Behold, DavidH1732 sentH7971[H8804] messengersH4397 out of the wildernessH4057 to saluteH1288[H8763] our masterH113; and he railedH5860 on themH8799.
[15]But the menH582 were veryH3966 goodH2896 unto us, and we were not hurtH3637[H8717], neither missedH6485[H8804] we any thingH3972, as long asH3117 we were conversantH1980[H8694] with them, when we were in the fieldsH7704:
[16]They were a wallH2346 unto us both by nightH3915 and dayH3119, all the whileH3117 we were with them keepingH7462[H8802] the sheepH6629.
[17]Now therefore knowH3045[H8798] and considerH7200[H8798] what thou wilt doH6213[H8799]; for evilH7451 is determinedH3615[H8804] against our masterH113, and against all his householdH1004: for he is such a sonH1121 of BelialH1100, that a man cannot speakH1696 to himH8763.
[18]Then AbigailH26 made hasteH4116[H8762], and tookH3947[H8799] two hundredH3967 loavesH3899, and twoH8147 bottlesH5035 of wineH3196, and fiveH2568 sheepH6629 ready dressedH6213[H8803], and fiveH2568 measuresH5429 of parchedH7039 corn, and an hundredH3967 clusters of raisinsH6778, and two hundredH3967 cakesH1690 of figs, and laidH7760[H8799] them on assesH2543.
[19]And she saidH559[H8799] unto her servantsH5288, Go onH5674[H8798] beforeH6440 me; behold, I comeH935[H8802] afterH310 you. But she toldH5046[H8689] not her husbandH376 NabalH5037.
[20]And it was so, as she rodeH7392[H8802] on the assH2543, that she came downH3381[H8802] by the covertH5643 of the hillH2022, and, behold, DavidH1732 and his menH582 came downH3381[H8802] againstH7125[H8800] her; and she metH6298 themH8799.
[21]Now DavidH1732 had saidH559[H8804], Surely in vainH8267 have I keptH8104[H8804] all that thisH2088 fellow hath in the wildernessH4057, so that nothingH3972 was missedH6485[H8738] of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requitedH7725[H8686] me evilH7451 for goodH2896.
[22]SoH3541 and moreH3254[H8686] also doH6213[H8799] GodH430 unto the enemiesH341[H8802] of DavidH1732, if I leaveH7604[H8686] of all that pertain to him byH5704 the morningH1242 lightH216 any that pissethH8366[H8688] against the wallH7023.
[23]And when AbigailH26 sawH7200[H8799] DavidH1732, she hastedH4116[H8762], and lighted offH3381[H8799] the assH2543, and fellH5307[H8799] beforeH639 DavidH1732 on her faceH6440, and bowedH7812[H8691] herself to the groundH776,
[24]And fellH5307[H8799] at his feetH7272, and saidH559[H8799], Upon me, my lordH113, upon me let this iniquityH5771 be: and let thine handmaidH519, I pray thee, speakH1696[H8762] in thine audienceH241, and hearH8085[H8798] the wordsH1697 of thine handmaidH589.
[25]LetH7760[H8799] not my lordH113, I pray thee, regardH3820 this manH376 of BelialH1100, even NabalH5037: for as his nameH8034 is, so is he; NabalH5037 is his nameH8034, and follyH5039 is with him: but I thine handmaidH519 sawH7200[H8804] not the young menH5288 of my lordH113, whom thou didst sendH7971.[H8804]
[26]Now therefore, my lordH113, as the LORDH3068 livethH2416, and as thy soulH5315 livethH2416, seeing the LORDH3068 hath withholdenH4513[H8804] thee from comingH935[H8800] to shed bloodH1818, and from avengingH3467[H8687] thyself with thine own handH3027, now let thine enemiesH341[H8802], and they that seekH1245[H8764] evilH7451 to my lordH113, be as NabalH5037.
[27]And now this blessingH1293 which thine handmaidH8198 hath broughtH935[H8689] unto my lordH113, let it even be givenH5414[H8738] unto the young menH5288 that followH1980[H8693][H7272] my lordH113.
[28]I pray thee, forgiveH5375[H8798] the trespassH6588 of thine handmaidH519: for the LORDH3068 will certainlyH6213[H8800] makeH6213[H8799] my lordH113 a sureH539[H8737] houseH1004; because my lordH113 fightethH3898[H8737] the battlesH4421 of the LORDH3068, and evilH7451 hath not been foundH4672[H8735] in thee all thy daysH3117.
[29]Yet a manH120 is risenH6965[H8799] to pursueH7291[H8800] thee, and to seekH1245[H8763] thy soulH5315: but the soulH5315 of my lordH113 shall be boundH6887[H8803] in the bundleH6872 of lifeH2416 with the LORDH3068 thy GodH430; and the soulsH5315 of thine enemiesH341[H8802], them shall he sling outH7049[H8762], as out of the middleH8432[H3709] of a slingH7050.
[30]And it shall come to pass, when the LORDH3068 shall have doneH6213[H8799] to my lordH113 according to all the goodH2896 that he hath spokenH1696[H8765] concerning thee, and shall have appointedH6680[H8765] thee rulerH5057 over IsraelH3478;
[31]That this shall be no griefH6330 unto thee, nor offenceH4383 of heartH3820 unto my lordH113, either that thou hast shedH8210[H8800] bloodH1818 causelessH2600, or that my lordH113 hath avengedH3467[H8687] himself: but when the LORDH3068 shall have dealt wellH3190[H8689] with my lordH113, then rememberH2142[H8804] thine handmaidH519.
[32]And DavidH1732 saidH559[H8799] to AbigailH26, BlessedH1288[H8803] be the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, which sentH7971[H8804] thee this dayH3117 to meetH7125 meH8800:
[33]And blessedH1288[H8803] be thy adviceH2940, and blessedH1288[H8803] be thou, which hast keptH3607[H8804] me this dayH3117 from comingH935[H8800] to shed bloodH1818, and from avengingH3467[H8687] myself with mine own handH3027.
[34]For in very deedH199, as the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 livethH2416, which hath kept me backH4513[H8804] from hurtingH7489[H8687] thee, exceptH3884 thou hadst hastedH4116[H8765] and comeH935[H8799] to meetH7125[H8800] me, surely there had not been leftH3498[H8738] unto NabalH5037 by the morningH1242 lightH216 any that pissethH8366[H8688] against the wallH7023.
[35]So DavidH1732 receivedH3947[H8799] of her handH3027 that which she had broughtH935[H8689] him, and saidH559[H8804] unto her, Go upH5927[H8798] in peaceH7965 to thine houseH1004; seeH7200[H8798], I have hearkenedH8085[H8804] to thy voiceH6963, and have acceptedH5375[H8799] thy personH6440.
[36]And AbigailH26 cameH935[H8799] to NabalH5037; and, behold, he held a feastH4960 in his houseH1004, like the feastH4960 of a kingH4428; and Nabal'sH5037 heartH3820 was merryH2896 within him, for he was veryH3966 drunkenH7910: wherefore she toldH5046[H8689] him nothingH1697, lessH6996 or moreH1419, until the morningH1242 lightH216.
[37]But it came to pass in the morningH1242, when the wineH3196 was gone outH3318[H8800] of NabalH5037, and his wifeH802 had toldH5046[H8686] him these thingsH1697, that his heartH3820 diedH4191[H8799] withinH7130 him, and he became as a stoneH68.
[38]And it came to pass about tenH6235 daysH3117 after, that the LORDH3068 smoteH5062[H8799] NabalH5037, that he diedH4191.[H8799]
[39]And when DavidH1732 heardH8085[H8799] that NabalH5037 was deadH4191[H8804], he saidH559[H8799], BlessedH1288[H8803] be the LORDH3068, that hath pleadedH7378[H8804] the causeH7379 of my reproachH2781 from the handH3027 of NabalH5037, and hath keptH2820[H8804] his servantH5650 from evilH7451: for the LORDH3068 hath returnedH7725[H8689] the wickednessH7451 of NabalH5037 upon his own headH7218. And DavidH1732 sentH7971[H8799] and communedH1696[H8762] with AbigailH26, to takeH3947[H8800] her to him to wifeH802.
[40]And when the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732 were comeH935[H8799] to AbigailH26 to CarmelH3760, they spakeH1696[H8762] unto her, sayingH559[H8800], DavidH1732 sentH7971[H8804] us unto thee, to takeH3947[H8800] thee to him to wifeH802.
[41]And she aroseH6965[H8799], and bowedH7812[H8691] herself on her faceH639 to the earthH776, and saidH559[H8799], Behold, let thine handmaidH519 be a servantH8198 to washH7364[H8800] the feetH7272 of the servantsH5650 of my lordH113.
[42]And AbigailH26 hastedH4116[H8762], and aroseH6965[H8799], and rodeH7392[H8799] upon an assH2543, with fiveH2568 damselsH5291 of hers that wentH1980[H8802] afterH7272 her; and she wentH3212[H8799] afterH310 the messengersH4397 of DavidH1732, and became his wifeH802.
[43]DavidH1732 also tookH3947[H8804] AhinoamH293 of JezreelH3157; and they were also bothH8147 of them his wivesH802.
[44]But SaulH7586 had givenH5414[H8804] MichalH4324 his daughterH1323, David'sH1732 wifeH802, to PhaltiH6406 the sonH1121 of LaishH3919, which was of GallimH1554.
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