I Samuel 25 (kjv)

And Samuel^H8050 died^H4191; and all the Israelites^H3478 were gathered together^H6908, and lamented^H5594 him, and buried^H6912 him in his house^H1004 at Ramah^H7414. And David^H1732 arose^H6965, and went down^H3381 to the wilderness^H4057 of Paran^H6290.

²And there was a man^H376 in Maon^H4584, whose possessions^H4639 were in Carmel^H3760; and the man^H376 was very^H3966 great^H1419, and he had three^H7969 thousand^H505 sheep^H6629, and a thousand^H505 goats^H5795: and he was shearing^H1494 his sheep^H6629 in Carmel^H3760.³Now the name^H8034 of the man^H376 was Nabal^H5037; and the name^H8034 of his wife^H802 Abigail^H26: and she was a woman^H802 of good^H2896 understanding^H7922, and of a beautiful^H3303 countenance^H8389: but the man^H376 was churlish^H7186 and evil^H7451 in his doings^H4611; and he was of the house of Caleb^H3614.⁴And David^H1732 heard^H8085 in the wilderness^H4057 that Nabal^H5037 did shear^H1494 his sheep^H6629.⁵And David^H1732 sent out^H7971 ten^H6235 young men^H5288, and David^H1732 said^H559 unto the young men^H5288, Get you up^H5927 to Carmel^H3760, and go^H935 to Nabal^H5037, and greet^{H7592 H7965} him in my name^H8034:⁶And thus shall ye say^H559 to him that liveth^H2416 in prosperity, Peace^H7965 be both to thee, and peace^H7965 be to thine house^H1004, and peace^H7965 be unto all that thou hast.⁷And now I have heard^H8085 that thou hast shearers^H1494: now thy shepherds^H7462 which were with us, we hurt^H3637 them not, neither was there ought^H3972 missing^H6485 unto them, all the while^H3117 they were in Carmel^H3760.⁸Ask^H7592 thy young men^H5288, and they will shew^H5046 thee. Wherefore let the young men^H5288 find^H4672 favour^H2580 in thine eyes^H5869: for we come^H935 in a good^H2896 day^H3117: give^H5414, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh^H4672 to thine hand^H3027 unto thy servants^H5650, and to thy son^H1121 David^H1732.⁹And when David's^H1732 young men^H5288 came^H935, they spake^H1696 to Nabal^H5037 according to all those words^H1697 in the name^H8034 of David^H1732, and ceased^H5117.

¹⁰And Nabal^H5037 answered^H6030 David's^H1732 servants^H5650, and said^H559, Who is David^H1732? and who is the son^H1121 of Jesse^H3448? there be many^H7231 servants^H5650 now a days^H3117 that break away^H6555 every man^H376 from^H6440 his master^H113.¹¹Shall I then take^H3947 my bread^H3899, and my water^H4325, and my flesh^H2878 that I have killed^H2873 for my shearers^H1494, and give^H5414 it unto men^H582, whom I know^H3045 not whence they be?¹²So David's^H1732 young men^H5288 turned^H2015 their way^H1870, and went again^H7725, and came^H935 and told^H5046 him all those sayings^H1697.¹³And David^H1732 said^H559 unto his men^H582, Gird ye on^H2296 every man^H376 his sword^H2719. And they girded on^H2296 every man^H376 his sword^H2719; and David^H1732 also girded on^H2296 his sword^H2719: and there went up^H5927 after^H310 David^H1732 about four^H702 hundred^H3967 men^H376; and two hundred^H3967 abode^H3427 by the stuff^H3627.

¹⁴But one^H259 of the young men^H5288 told^H5046 Abigail^H26, Nabal's^H5037 wife^H802, saying^H559, Behold, David^H1732 sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 out of the wilderness^H4057 to salute^H1288 our master^H113; and he railed^H5860 on them.¹⁵But the men^H582 were very^H3966 good^H2896 unto us, and we were not hurt^H3637, neither missed^H6485 we any thing^H3972, as long as^H3117 we were conversant^H1980 with them, when we were in the fields^H7704:¹⁶They were a wall^H2346 unto us both by night^H3915 and day^H3119, all the while^H3117 we were with them keeping^H7462 the sheep^H6629.¹⁷Now therefore know^H3045 and consider^H7200 what thou wilt do^H6213; for evil^H7451 is determined^H3615 against our master^H113, and against all his household^H1004: for he is such a son^H1121 of Belial^H1100, that a man cannot speak^H1696 to him.

¹⁸Then Abigail^H26 made haste^H4116, and took^H3947 two hundred^H3967 loaves^H3899, and two^H8147 bottles^H5035 of wine^H3196, and five^H2568 sheep^H6629 ready dressed^H6213, and five^H2568 measures^H5429 of parched^H7039 corn, and an hundred^H3967 clusters of raisins^H6778, and two hundred^H3967 cakes^H1690 of figs, and laid^H7760 them on asses^H2543.¹⁹And she said^H559 unto her servants^H5288, Go on^H5674 before^H6440 me; behold, I come^H935 after^H310 you. But she told^H5046 not her husband^H376 Nabal^H5037.²⁰And it was so, as she rode^H7392 on the ass^H2543, that she came down^H3381 by the covert^H5643 of the hill^H2022, and, behold, David^H1732 and his men^H582 came down^H3381 against^H7125 her; and she met^H6298 them.²¹Now David^H1732 had said^H559, Surely in vain^H8267 have I kept^H8104 all that this^H2088 fellow hath in the wilderness^H4057, so that nothing^H3972 was missed^H6485 of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited^H7725 me evil^H7451 for good^H2896.²²So^H3541 and more^H3254 also do^H6213 God^H430 unto the enemies^H341 of David^H1732, if I leave^H7604 of all that pertain to him by^H5704 the morning^H1242 light^H216 any that pisseth^H8366 against the wall^H7023.

²³And when Abigail^H26 saw^H7200 David^H1732, she hasted^H4116, and lighted off^H3381 the ass^H2543, and fell^H5307 before^H639 David^H1732 on her face^H6440, and bowed^H7812 herself to the ground^H776,²⁴And fell^H5307 at his feet^H7272, and said^H559, Upon me, my lord^H113, upon me let this iniquity^H5771 be: and let thine handmaid^H519, I pray thee, speak^H1696 in thine audience^H241, and hear^H8085 the words^H1697 of thine handmaid^H589.²⁵Let^H7760 not my lord^H113, I pray thee, regard^H3820 this man^H376 of Belial^H1100, even Nabal^H5037: for as his name^H8034 is, so is he; Nabal^H5037 is his name^H8034, and folly^H5039 is with him: but I thine handmaid^H519 saw^H7200 not the young men^H5288 of my lord^H113, whom thou didst send^H7971.²⁶Now therefore, my lord^H113, as the LORD^H3068 liveth^H2416, and as thy soul^H5315 liveth^H2416, seeing the LORD^H3068 hath withholden^H4513 thee from coming^H935 to shed blood^H1818, and from avenging^H3467 thyself with thine own hand^H3027, now let thine enemies^H341, and they that seek^H1245 evil^H7451 to my lord^H113, be as Nabal^H5037.²⁷And now this blessing^H1293 which thine handmaid^H8198 hath brought^H935 unto my lord^H113, let it even be given^H5414 unto the young men^H5288 that follow^{H1980 H7272} my lord^H113.²⁸I pray thee, forgive^H5375 the trespass^H6588 of thine handmaid^H519: for the LORD^H3068 will certainly^H6213 make^H6213 my lord^H113 a sure^H539 house^H1004; because my lord^H113 fighteth^H3898 the battles^H4421 of the LORD^H3068, and evil^H7451 hath not been found^H4672 in thee all thy days^H3117.²⁹Yet a man^H120 is risen^H6965 to pursue^H7291 thee, and to seek^H1245 thy soul^H5315: but the soul^H5315 of my lord^H113 shall be bound^H6887 in the bundle^H6872 of life^H2416 with the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430; and the souls^H5315 of thine enemies^H341, them shall he sling out^H7049, as out of the middle^{H8432 H3709} of a sling^H7050.³⁰And it shall come to pass, when the LORD^H3068 shall have done^H6213 to my lord^H113 according to all the good^H2896 that he hath spoken^H1696 concerning thee, and shall have appointed^H6680 thee ruler^H5057 over Israel^H3478;³¹That this shall be no grief^H6330 unto thee, nor offence^H4383 of heart^H3820 unto my lord^H113, either that thou hast shed^H8210 blood^H1818 causeless^H2600, or that my lord^H113 hath avenged^H3467 himself: but when the LORD^H3068 shall have dealt well^H3190 with my lord^H113, then remember^H2142 thine handmaid^H519.

³²And David^H1732 said^H559 to Abigail^H26, Blessed^H1288 be the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478, which sent^H7971 thee this day^H3117 to meet^H7125 me:³³And blessed^H1288 be thy advice^H2940, and blessed^H1288 be thou, which hast kept^H3607 me this day^H3117 from coming^H935 to shed blood^H1818, and from avenging^H3467 myself with mine own hand^H3027.³⁴For in very deed^H199, as the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478 liveth^H2416, which hath kept me back^H4513 from hurting^H7489 thee, except^H3884 thou hadst hasted^H4116 and come^H935 to meet^H7125 me, surely there had not been left^H3498 unto Nabal^H5037 by the morning^H1242 light^H216 any that pisseth^H8366 against the wall^H7023.³⁵So David^H1732 received^H3947 of her hand^H3027 that which she had brought^H935 him, and said^H559 unto her, Go up^H5927 in peace^H7965 to thine house^H1004; see^H7200, I have hearkened^H8085 to thy voice^H6963, and have accepted^H5375 thy person^H6440.

³⁶And Abigail^H26 came^H935 to Nabal^H5037; and, behold, he held a feast^H4960 in his house^H1004, like the feast^H4960 of a king^H4428; and Nabal's^H5037 heart^H3820 was merry^H2896 within him, for he was very^H3966 drunken^H7910: wherefore she told^H5046 him nothing^H1697, less^H6996 or more^H1419, until the morning^H1242 light^H216.³⁷But it came to pass in the morning^H1242, when the wine^H3196 was gone out^H3318 of Nabal^H5037, and his wife^H802 had told^H5046 him these things^H1697, that his heart^H3820 died^H4191 within^H7130 him, and he became as a stone^H68.³⁸And it came to pass about ten^H6235 days^H3117 after, that the LORD^H3068 smote^H5062 Nabal^H5037, that he died^H4191.

³⁹And when David^H1732 heard^H8085 that Nabal^H5037 was dead^H4191, he said^H559, Blessed^H1288 be the LORD^H3068, that hath pleaded^H7378 the cause^H7379 of my reproach^H2781 from the hand^H3027 of Nabal^H5037, and hath kept^H2820 his servant^H5650 from evil^H7451: for the LORD^H3068 hath returned^H7725 the wickedness^H7451 of Nabal^H5037 upon his own head^H7218. And David^H1732 sent^H7971 and communed^H1696 with Abigail^H26, to take^H3947 her to him to wife^H802.⁴⁰And when the servants^H5650 of David^H1732 were come^H935 to Abigail^H26 to Carmel^H3760, they spake^H1696 unto her, saying^H559, David^H1732 sent^H7971 us unto thee, to take^H3947 thee to him to wife^H802.⁴¹And she arose^H6965, and bowed^H7812 herself on her face^H639 to the earth^H776, and said^H559, Behold, let thine handmaid^H519 be a servant^H8198 to wash^H7364 the feet^H7272 of the servants^H5650 of my lord^H113.⁴²And Abigail^H26 hasted^H4116, and arose^H6965, and rode^H7392 upon an ass^H2543, with five^H2568 damsels^H5291 of hers that went^H1980 after^H7272 her; and she went^H3212 after^H310 the messengers^H4397 of David^H1732, and became his wife^H802.⁴³David^H1732 also took^H3947 Ahinoam^H293 of Jezreel^H3157; and they were also both^H8147 of them his wives^H802.

⁴⁴But Saul^H7586 had given^H5414 Michal^H4324 his daughter^H1323, David's^H1732 wife^H802, to Phalti^H6406 the son^H1121 of Laish^H3919, which was of Gallim^H1554.