1	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.
			2	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. [possessions: or, business]
			3	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.
			4	And David heard# in the wilderness that Nabal did shear# his sheep.
			5	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: [greet...: Heb. ask him in my name of peace]
			6	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.
			7	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. [hurt: Heb. shamed]
			8	Ask# thy young men, and they will shew# 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.
			9	And when David's young men came# , they spake# to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased# . [ceased: Heb. rested]
			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.
			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 ? [flesh: Heb. slaughter]
			12	So David's young men turned# their way, and went again# , and came# and told# him all those sayings.
			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.
			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. [railed...: Heb. flew upon them]
			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: [hurt: Heb. shamed]
			16	They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping# the sheep.
			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.
			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. [clusters: or, lumps]
			19	And she said# unto her servants, Go on# before me; behold, I come# after you. But she told# not her husband Nabal.
			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.
			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.
			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.
			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,
			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. [audience: Heb. ears]
			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# . [regard: Heb. lay it to his heart] [Nabal: that is, Fool]
			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. [avenging...: Heb. saving thyself]
			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. [blessing: or, present] [follow...: Heb. walk at the feet of, etc]
			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.
			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. [as out...: Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling]
			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;
			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. [no grief: Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling]
			32	And David said# to Abigail, Blessed# be the LORD God of Israel, which sent# thee this day to meet# me:
			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.
			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.
			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.
			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.
			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.
			38	And it came to pass about ten days after , that the LORD smote# Nabal, that he died# .
			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.
			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.
			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.
			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. [after her: Heb. at her feet]
			43	David also took# Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
			44	But Saul had given# Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. [Phalti: also called, Phaltiel]