09_1SA_25_01 And Samuel died ; And all the Israelites were gathered together , And lamented him , And buried him in his house at Ramah . And David arose , And went down to the wilderness of Paran .
09_1SA_25_02 And [ there was ] A man in Maon , whose possessions [ were ] in Carmel ; And the man [ was ] very great , And he had three thousand sheep , And A thousand goats : And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel .
09_1SA_25_03 now the name of the man [ was ] Nabal ; And the name of his wife Abigail : And [ she was ] A woman of good understanding , And of A beautiful countenance : but the man [ was ] churlish And evil in his doings ; And he [ was ] of the house of Caleb .
09_1SA_25_04 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep .
09_1SA_25_05 And David sent out ten young men , And David said unto the young men , get you up to Carmel , And go to Nabal , And Greet him in my name :
09_1SA_25_06 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth [ in prosperity ] , peace [ be ] Both to thee , And peace [ be ] to thine house , And peace [ be ] unto all that thou hast .
09_1SA_25_07 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers : now thy shepherds which were with us , we hurt them not , neither was there ought missing unto them , all the while they were in Carmel .
09_1SA_25_08 ask thy young men , And they will show thee . Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes : for we come in A good day : give , I pray thee , whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants , And to thy son David .
09_1SA_25_09 And when David's young men came , they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David , And ceased .
09_1SA_25_10 And Nabal answered David's servants , And said , who [ Is ] David ? And who [ Is ] the son of Jesse ? there be Many servants now A days that break away every man from his master .
09_1SA_25_11 shall I Then take my bread , And my water , And my flesh that I have killed for my shearers , And give [ it ] unto men , whom I know not whence they [ be ] ?
09_1SA_25_12 So David's young men turned their way , And went again , And came And told him all those sayings .
09_1SA_25_13 And David said unto his men , gird ye on every man his sword . And they girded on every man his sword ; And David also girded on his sword : And there went up after David about four hundred men ; And two hundred abode by the stuff .
09_1SA_25_14 but one of the young men told Abigail , Nabal's wife , saying , behold , David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master ; And he railed on them .
09_1SA_25_15 but the men [ were ] very good unto us , And we were not hurt , neither missed we any thing , as long as we were conversant with them , when we were in the fields :
09_1SA_25_16 they were A wall unto us Both by night And day , all the while we were with them keeping the sheep .
09_1SA_25_17 now therefore know And consider what thou Wilt do ; for evil Is determined against our master , And against all his household : for he [ Is such ] A son of Belial , that [ A man ] cannot speak to him .
09_1SA_25_18 Then Abigail made haste , And took two hundred loaves , And two bottles of wine , And five sheep ready dressed , And five measures of parched [ corn ] , And an hundred clusters of raisins , And two hundred cakes of figs , And laid [ them ] on asses .
09_1SA_25_19 And she said unto her servants , go on before me ; behold , I come after you . but she told not her husband Nabal .
09_1SA_25_20 And it was [ So , as ] she rode on the ass , that she came down by the covert of the hill , And , behold , David And his men came down against her ; And she met them .
09_1SA_25_21 now David had said , surely in vain have I kept all that this [ fellow ] hath in the wilderness , So that nothing was missed of all that [ pertained ] unto him : And he hath requited me evil for good .
09_1SA_25_22 So And more also do God unto the enemies of David , if I leave of all that [ pertain ] to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall .
09_1SA_25_23 And when Abigail saw David , she hasted , And lighted off the ass , And fell before David on her face , And bowed herself to the ground ,
09_1SA_25_24 And fell at his feet , And said , upon me , my LORD , [ upon ] me [ let this ] iniquity [ be ] : And let thine handmaid , I pray thee , speak in thine audience , And hear the words of thine handmaid .
09_1SA_25_25 let not my LORD , I pray thee , regard this man of Belial , [ even ] Nabal : for as his name [ Is ] , So [ Is ] he ; Nabal [ Is ] his name , And folly [ Is ] with him : but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my LORD , whom thou didst send .
09_1SA_25_26 now therefore , my LORD , [ as ] the LORD liveth , And [ as ] thy soul liveth , seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to [ shed ] blood , And from avenging thyself with thine own hand , now let thine enemies , And they that seek evil to my LORD , be as Nabal .
09_1SA_25_27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my LORD , let it even be given unto the young men that follow my LORD .
09_1SA_25_28 I pray thee , forgive the trespass of thine handmaid : for the LORD will certainly make my LORD A sure house ; because my LORD fighteth the battles of the LORD , And evil hath not been found in thee [ all ] thy days .
09_1SA_25_29 yet A man Is risen to pursue thee , And to seek thy soul : but the soul of my LORD shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God ; And the souls of thine enemies , them shall he sling out , [ as out ] of the middle of A sling .
09_1SA_25_30 And it shall come to pass , when the LORD shall have done to my LORD according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee , And shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel ;
09_1SA_25_31 that this shall be no grief unto thee , nor offence of heart unto my LORD , either that thou hast shed blood causeless , or that my LORD hath avenged himself : but when the LORD shall have dealt Well with my LORD , Then Remember thine handmaid .
09_1SA_25_32 And David said to Abigail , blessed [ be ] the LORD God of Israel , which sent thee this day to meet me :
09_1SA_25_33 And blessed [ be ] thy advice , And blessed [ be ] thou , which hast kept me this day from coming to [ shed ] blood , And from avenging myself with mine own hand .
09_1SA_25_34 for in very deed , [ as ] the LORD God of Israel liveth , which hath kept me back from hurting thee , except thou hadst hasted And come to meet me , surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall .
09_1SA_25_35 So David received of her hand [ that ] which she had brought him , And said unto her , go up in peace to thine house ; see , I have hearkened to thy voice , And have accepted thy person .
09_1SA_25_36 And Abigail came to Nabal ; And , behold , he held A feast in his house , like the feast of A king ; And Nabal's heart [ was ] merry within him , for he [ was ] very drunken : Wherefore she told him nothing , less or more , until the morning light .
09_1SA_25_37 but it came to pass in the morning , when the wine was gone out of Nabal , And his wife had told him These things , that his heart died within him , And he became [ as ] A stone .
09_1SA_25_38 And it came to pass about ten days [ after ] , that the LORD smote Nabal , that he died .
09_1SA_25_39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead , he said , blessed [ be ] the LORD , that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal , And hath kept his servant from evil : for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head . And David sent And communed with Abigail , to take her to him to wife .
09_1SA_25_40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel , they spake unto her , saying , David sent us unto thee , to take thee to him to wife .
09_1SA_25_41 And she arose , And bowed herself on [ her ] face to the earth , And said , behold , [ let ] thine handmaid [ be ] A servant to Wash the feet of the servants of my LORD .
09_1SA_25_42 And Abigail hasted , And arose , And rode upon an ass , with five damsels of hers that went after her ; And she went after the messengers of David , And became his wife .
09_1SA_25_43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel ; And they were also Both of them his wives .
09_1SA_25_44 but Saul had given Michal his daughter , David's wife , to Phalti the son of Laish , which [ was ] of Gallim .