1 Samuel 25:1-9

The Death of Samuel

^aThen Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and ^blamented for him and ^cburied him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the ^dwilderness of Paran.

David and Abigail

2 Now there was a man in ^aMaon whose work was in ^bCarmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. And it happened, while ^che was shearing his sheep in Carmel 3 (now the man’s name was Nabal, and his ^awife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was good in insight and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was ^ba Calebite), 4 that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. 5 So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, come to Nabal, and greet him in my name; 6 and thus you shall say, ‘¹Have a long life; ^apeace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. 7 So now I have heard ^athat you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us; and we have not dishonored them, ^bnor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel. 8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on ^aa ¹festive day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son, to David.’”
9 Then David’s young men came and spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David’s name. Then they waited.

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