1
H8050
Samuel
H4191
died;
H3478
and all Israel
H6908
gathered themselves together,
H5594
and lamented
H6912
him, and buried
H1004
him in his house
H7414
at Ramah.
H1732
David
H6965
arose,
H3381
and went down
H4057
to the wilderness
H6290
of Paran.
2
H376
There was a man
H4584
in Maon,
H4639
whose possessions
H3760
were in Carmel;
H376
and the man
H3966
was very
H1419
great,
H7969
and he had three
H505
thousand
H6629
sheep,
H505
and a thousand
H5795
goats:
H1494
and he was shearing
H6629
his sheep
H3760
in Carmel.
3
H8034
Now the name
H376
of the man
H5037
was Nabal;
H8034
and the name
H802
of his wife
H26
Abigail;
H802
and the woman
H2896
was of good
H7922
understanding,
H3303
and of a beautiful
H8389
face:
H376
but the man
H7186
was churlish
H7451
and evil
H4611
in his doings;
H3614
and he was of the house of Caleb.
4
H1732
David
H8085
heard
H4057
in the wilderness
H5037
that Nabal
H1494
was shearing
H6629
his sheep.
5
H1732
David
H7971
sent
H6235
ten
H5288
young men,
H1732
and David
H559
said
H5288
to the young men,
H5927
"Go up
H3760
to Carmel,
H935
and go
H5037
to Nabal,
H7592
and greet
H8034
him in my name.
6
H559
You shall tell
H2416
him,
H7965
‘Long life to you! Peace
H7965
be to you, and peace
H1004
be to your house,
H7965
and peace be to all that you have.
7
H8085
Now I have heard
H1494
that you have shearers.
H7462
Your shepherds
H3637
have now been with us, and we didn't hurt
H3972
them, neither was there anything
H6485
missing
H3117
from them, all the while
H3760
they were in Carmel.
8
H7592
Ask
H5288
your young men,
H5046
and they will tell
H5288
you. Therefore, let the young men
H4672
find
H2580
favor
H5869
in your eyes;
H935
for we come
H2896
in a good
H3117
day.
H5414
Please give
H4672
whatever comes
H3027
to your hand,
H5650
to your servants,
H1121
and to your son
H1732
David.'"
9
H1732
When David's
H5288
young men
H935
came,
H1696
they spoke
H5037
to Nabal
H1697
according to all those words
H8034
in the name
H1732
of David,
H5117
and ceased.
10
H5037
Nabal
H6030
answered
H1732
David's
H5650
servants,
H6030
and said,
H1732
"Who is David?
H1121
Who is the son
H3448
of Jesse?
H7231
There are many
H5650
servants
H376
who
H6555
break away
H6440
from
H113
their masters
H3117
these days.
11
H3947
Shall I then take
H3899
my bread,
H4325
and my water,
H2878
and my meat
H2873
that I have killed
H1494
for my shearers,
H5414
and give
H582
it to men
H3045
who I don't know where they come from?"
12
H1732
So David's
H5288
young men
H2015
turned
H1870
on their way,
H7725
and went back,
H935
and came
H5046
and told
H1697
him according to all these words.
13
H1732
David
H559
said
H582
to his men,
H582
"Every man
H2296
put on
H2719
his sword!"
H376
Every man
H2296
put on
H2719
his sword.
H1732
David
H2296
also put on
H2719
his sword.
H702
About four
H3967
hundred
H376
men
H5927
H310
followed
H1732
David;
H3967
and two hundred
H3427
stayed
H3627
by the baggage.
14
H259
But one
H5288
of the young men
H5046
told
H26
Abigail,
H5037
Nabal's
H802
wife,
H559
saying,
H1732
"Behold, David
H7971
sent
H4397
messengers
H4057
out of the wilderness
H1288
to Greet
H113
our master;
H5860
and he railed at them.
15
H582
But the men
H3966
were very
H2896
good
H3637
to us, and we were not hurt,
H6485
neither missed
H3972
we anything,
H3117
as long as
H1980
we went
H7704
with them, when we were in the fields.
16
H2346
They were a wall
H3915
to us both by night
H3119
and by day,
H3117
all the while
H7462
we were with them keeping
H6629
the sheep.
17
H3045
Now therefore know
H7200
and consider
H6213
what you will do;
H7451
for evil
H3615
is determined
H113
against our master,
H1004
and against all his house;
H1100
for he is such a worthless
H1121
fellow
H1696
that one can't speak to him."
18
H26
Then Abigail
H4116
hurried
H3947
and took
H3967
two hundred
H3899
loaves
H8147
of bread, two
H5035
bottles
H3196
of wine,
H2568
five
H6629
sheep
H6213
ready dressed,
H2568
five
H5429
measures
H7039
of parched
H3967
grain, one hundred
H6778
clusters of raisins,
H3967
and two hundred
H1690
cakes
H7760
of figs, and laid
H2543
them on donkeys.
19
H559
She said
H5288
to her young men,
H5674
"Go on
H6440
before
H935
me. Behold, I come
H310
after
H5046
you." But she didn't tell
H376
her husband,
H5037
Nabal.
20
H7392
It was so, as she rode
H2543
on her donkey,
H3381
and came down
H5643
by the covert
H2022
of the mountain,
H1732
that behold, David
H582
and his men
H3381
came down
H7125
toward
H6298
her; and she met them.
21
H1732
Now David
H559
had said,
H8267
"Surely in vain
H8104
have I kept
H2088
all that this
H4057
fellow has in the wilderness,
H3972
so that nothing
H6485
was missed
H7725
of all that pertained to him. He has returned
H7451
me evil
H2896
for good.
22
H430
God
H6213
do
H3541
so
H341
to the enemies
H1732
of David,
H3254
and more
H7604
also, if I leave
H5704
of all that belongs to him by
H1242
the morning
H216
light
H8366
so much as one who urinates
H7023
on a wall."
23
H26
When Abigail
H7200
saw
H1732
David,
H4116
she hurried,
H3381
and alighted
H2543
from her donkey,
H5307
and fell
H639
before
H1732
David
H6440
on her face,
H7812
and bowed
H776
herself to the ground.
24
H5307
She fell
H7272
at his feet,
H559
and said,
H113
"On me, my lord,
H5771
on me be the iniquity;
H519
and please let your handmaid
H1696
speak
H241
in your ears.
H8085
Hear
H1697
the words
H589
of your handmaid.
25
H7760
Please don't let
H113
my lord
H3820
regard
H1100
this worthless
H376
fellow,
H5037
even Nabal;
H8034
for as his name
H5037
is, so is he. Nabal
H8034
is his name,
H5039
and folly
H519
is with him; but I, your handmaid,
H7200
didn't see
H5288
the young men
H113
of my lord,
H7971
whom you sent.
26
H113
Now therefore, my lord,
H3068
as Yahweh
H2416
lives,
H5315
and as your soul
H2416
lives,
H3068
since Yahweh
H4513
has withheld
H935
you from
H1818
blood
H3467
guiltiness, and from avenging
H3027
yourself with your own hand,
H341
now therefore let your enemies,
H1245
and those who seek
H7451
evil
H113
to my lord,
H5037
be as Nabal.
27
H1293
Now this present
H8198
which your servant
H935
has brought
H113
to my lord,
H5414
let it be given
H5288
to the young men
H1980
who follow
H113
my lord.
28
H5375
Please forgive
H6588
the trespass
H519
of your handmaid.
H3068
For Yahweh
H6213
will certainly
H6213
make
H3068
my lord
H539
a sure
H1004
house,
H113
because my lord
H3898
fights
H4421
the battles
H113
of Yahweh;
H7451
and evil
H4672
shall not be found
H3117
in you all your days.
29
H120
Though men
H6965
may rise
H7291
up to pursue
H1245
you, and to seek
H5315
your soul,
H5315
yet the soul
H113
of my lord
H6887
shall be bound
H6872
in the bundle
H2416
of life
H3068
with Yahweh
H430
your God.
H7049
He will sling out
H5315
the souls
H341
of your enemies,
H8432
as from the hollow
H7050
of a sling.
30
H3068
It shall come to pass, when Yahweh
H6213
has done
H3068
to my lord
H2896
according to all the good
H1696
that he has spoken
H6680
concerning you, and shall have appointed
H5057
you prince
H3478
over Israel,
31
H6330
that this shall be no grief
H4383
to you, nor offense
H3820
of heart
H113
to my lord,
H8210
either that you have shed
H1818
blood
H2600
without cause,
H113
or that my lord
H3467
has avenged
H113
himself. When Yahweh
H3190
has dealt well
H3068
with my lord,
H2142
then remember
H519
your handmaid."
32
H1732
David
H559
said
H26
to Abigail,
H1288
"Blessed
H3068
is Yahweh,
H430
the God
H3478
of Israel,
H7971
who sent
H3117
you this day
H7125
to meet me!
33
H1288
Blessed
H2940
is your discretion,
H1288
and blessed
H3607
are you, that have kept
H3117
me this day
H935
from
H1818
blood
H3467
guiltiness, and from avenging
H3027
myself with my own hand.
34
H199
For indeed,
H3068
as Yahweh,
H430
the God
H3478
of Israel,
H2416
lives,
H4513
who has withheld
H7489
me from hurting
H3884
you, unless
H4116
you had hurried
H935
and come
H7125
to meet
H3498
me, surely there wouldn't have been left
H5037
to Nabal
H1242
by the morning
H216
light
H8366
so much as one who urinates
H7023
on a wall."
35
H1732
So David
H3947
received
H3027
of her hand
H935
that which she had brought
H559
him: and he said
H5927
to her, "Go up
H7965
in peace
H1004
to your house.
H7200
Behold,
H8085
I have listened
H6963
to your voice,
H5375
and have granted
H6440
your request."
36
H26
Abigail
H935
came
H5037
to Nabal;
H4960
and behold, he held a feast
H1004
in his house,
H4960
like the feast
H4428
of a king.
H5037
Nabal's
H3820
heart
H2896
was merry
H3966
within him, for he was very
H7910
drunken.
H5046
Therefore she told
H1697
him nothing,
H6996
less
H1419
or more,
H1242
until the morning
H216
light.
37
H1242
It happened in the morning,
H3196
when the wine
H3318
was gone out
H5037
of Nabal,
H802
that his wife
H5046
told
H1697
him these things,
H3820
and his heart
H4191
died
H7130
within
H68
him, and he became as a stone.
38
H6235
It happened about ten
H3117
days
H3068
after, that Yahweh
H5062
struck
H5037
Nabal,
H4191
so that he died.
39
H1732
When David
H8085
heard
H5037
that Nabal
H4191
was dead,
H559
he said,
H1288
"Blessed
H3068
is Yahweh,
H7378
who has pleaded
H7379
the cause
H2781
of my reproach
H3027
from the hand
H5037
of Nabal,
H2820
and has kept
H5650
back his servant
H7451
from evil.
H3068
Yahweh
H7725
has returned
H7451
the evildoing
H5037
of Nabal
H7218
on his own head."
H1732
David
H7971
sent
H1696
and spoke
H26
concerning Abigail,
H3947
to take
H802
her to him as wife.
40
H5650
When the servants
H1732
of David
H935
had come
H26
to Abigail
H3760
to Carmel,
H1696
they spoke
H559
to her, saying,
H1732
"David
H7971
has sent
H3947
us to you, to take
H802
you to him as wife."
41
H6965
She arose,
H7812
and bowed
H639
herself with her face
H776
to the earth,
H559
and said,
H519
"Behold, your handmaid
H8198
is a servant
H7364
to wash
H7272
the feet
H8198
of the servants
H113
of my lord."
42
H26
Abigail
H4116
hurried,
H6965
and arose,
H7392
and rode
H2543
on a donkey,
H2568
with five
H5291
ladies
H1980
of hers who
H7272
followed
H1980
her; and she went
H7272
after
H4397
the messengers
H1732
of David,
H802
and became his wife.