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They buried him at his home in Ramah.</p> <p class="heading">David, Nabal, and Abigail</p><p class="reg">David got up and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:1 LXX reads Maoch">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel of Judah,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:2 The Heb. lacks of Judah">b</a></span> and the man was very rich. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The man’s name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, while the man was harsh and wicked in his dealings. He was a descendant of Caleb.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>David sent ten young men, saying to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, find Nabal, and greet him in my name. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then say, ‘May you live long. Peace to you, peace to your family, and peace to all that you have. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Now, I’ve heard that the sheep shearers are with you. Now, your shepherds have been with us. We didn’t harm them, and they didn’t miss anything all the time they were in Carmel. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Ask your young men and they’ll tell you. Therefore let my<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:8 Lit. the">c</a></span> young men find favor with you since we came on a special<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:8 Lit. good">d</a></span> day. Please give whatever you have available to your servants and to your son David.’”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>David’s young men came to Nabal and told him all this<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:9 Lit. according to all these words">e</a></span> in David’s name, and then they waited. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Nabal answered David’s servants: “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are breaking away from their masters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Should I take my food, my water, and my meat that I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men who came from who knows where?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:11 Lit. men whom I don’t know where they’re from">f</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>David’s men turned and went on<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:12 Lit. turned to">g</a></span> their way. They came back and told David<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:12 Lit. him">h</a></span> everything. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>David told his men, “Put on your swords.” They put on their swords, and David put on his sword. Then about 400 men followed David, while 200 stayed with the supplies.</p> <p class="heading">Abigail Intercedes with David</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Now, one of the young men told Nabal’s wife Abigail: “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:14 Lit. bless">i</a></span> our lord, but he screamed insults at them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The men were very good to us. They didn’t harm us, and we didn’t miss anything all the time we moved around with them when we were in the field. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They were a wall around us both day and night, all the time we were with them taking care of the sheep. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Now, be aware of this<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:17 Lit. Know">j</a></span> and consider what you should do. Calamity is being planned against our master and against his entire household. He’s such a worthless person<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:17 Lit. a son of Belial; i.e. a worthless person">k</a></span> that no one can talk to him.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Abigail quickly took 200 loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five measures of roasted grain, 100 bunches of raisins, and 200 fig cakes and loaded them on donkeys. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>She told her young men, “Go ahead of me, I’ll be coming right behind you.” But she said nothing to her husband Nabal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>She was riding on the donkey and as she went down a protected part<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:20 Or a hidden part">l</a></span> of the mountain, David was there with his men, coming down to meet her, and she went toward them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Now David had said, “Surely it was for nothing that I protected everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness, and nothing was missing of all that belonged to him. But he has repaid me<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:21 Lit. returned to me">m</a></span> with evil for good! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>May the LORD do this to the enemies of David<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:22 LXX reads to David">n</a></span> —and more also—if by the morning I’ve left alive a single male<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:22 Lit. single one who urinates on a wall">o</a></span> of all those who belong to him.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from the donkey and fell on her face before David, prostrating herself on the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>She fell at his feet and pleaded, “Your majesty, let the guilt be on me alone, and please let your servant<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:24 Lit. maidservant">p</a></span> speak to you.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:24 Lit. speak in your ear">q</a></span> Listen to the words of your servant.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:24 Lit. maidservant ">r</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Please, your majesty, don’t pay attention to this worthless man Nabal, for he’s just like his name. Nabal<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:25 Nabal means fool in Heb.">s</a></span> is his name and folly is his constant companion. But I, your servant,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:25 Lit. maidservant">t</a></span> didn’t see your majesty’s young men whom you sent. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Now, your majesty, as the LORD lives and as you live, the LORD has kept you from shedding blood<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:26 Lit. coming with blood">u</a></span> and from delivering yourself by your own actions. Now, may your enemies and those seeking to do evil to your majesty be like Nabal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now let this present that your servant<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:27 Lit. maidservant">v</a></span> has brought to your majesty be given to the young men who follow<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:27 Lit. who are walking at the feet of">w</a></span> your majesty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Please forgive the offense of your servant.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:28 Lit. maidservant">x</a></span> For the LORD will certainly make a strong dynasty for your majesty, for your majesty is fighting the LORD’s battles. May evil not be found in you for all of your life.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:28 Lit. all the days">y</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>If anyone should arise to pursue you and seek your life, may the life of your majesty be bound up with the LORD your God in a bundle of the living, and may he sling out the lives of your enemies from the pocket of a sling. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>When the LORD does for your majesty all the good that he promised concerning you and appoints you Commander-in-Chief<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:30 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority">z</a></span> over Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>this shouldn’t be an obstacle or stumbling block for your majesty’s conscience, that he poured out blood without cause or that your majesty delivered himself. When the LORD does good things for your majesty, remember your servant.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:31 Lit. maidservant">aa</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>David told Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Blessed be your good judgment, and blessed be you, who today stopped me from shedding blood<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:33 Lit. from coming with blood">bb</a></span> and delivering myself by my own actions. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For as surely as the LORD God of Israel lives, the one who restrained me from harming you—indeed, had you not quickly come to meet me, by dawn<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:34 Lit. the light of the morning">cc</a></span> there wouldn’t be a single male<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:34 Lit. one who urinates on a wall">dd</a></span> left to Nabal.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>David took from her what she had brought him and told her, “Go up to your house in peace. Look, I’ve heard your request and will grant it.”</p> <p class="heading">Nabal’s Death</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Abigail returned to Nabal, and he was there in his house holding a festival like the festival of a king. Nabal’s heart was glad, and he was very drunk, so she didn’t tell him anything at all<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:36 Lit. anything great or small">ee</a></span> until morning. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>After Nabal became sober the next morning,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:37 Lit. When the wine had gone out of Nabal">ff</a></span> his wife told him all that had happened.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:37 Lit. all these things">gg</a></span> Nabal’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:37 Lit. His">hh</a></span> heart failed and he became paralyzed.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:37 Lit. became like a stone">ii</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>About ten days later the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Blessed be the LORD who has judged the dispute over my insult at the hand of Nabal, and has held back his servant from evil. The LORD has repaid Nabal’s wickedness.”</p> <p class="reg">Then David sent word to Abigail that he would take her as his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel and told her, “David sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>She got up, prostrated herself face down on the ground, and replied, “Your servant would be a slave to wash the feet of your majesty’s servants.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>Then Abigail quickly got up and got on a donkey, with five young women walking behind her.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="25:42 Lit. walking at her feet; i.e. as her attendants">jj</a></span> She followed David’s messengers, and she became his wife. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_samuel/25-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Laish’s son Palti from Gallim.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 25:1 LXX reads <i>Maoch</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 25:2 The Heb. lacks <i>of Judah</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 25:8 Lit. <i>the</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 25:8 Lit. <i>good</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 25:9 Lit. <i>according to all these words</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 25:11 Lit. <i>men whom I don’t know where they’re from</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 25:12 Lit. <i>turned to</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 25:12 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 25:14 Lit. <i>bless</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 25:17 Lit. <i>Know</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 25:17 Lit. <i>a son of Belial</i>; i.e. a worthless person<br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 25:20 Or <i>a hidden part</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 25:21 Lit. <i>returned to me</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 25:22 LXX reads <i>to David</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 25:22 Lit. <i>single one who urinates on a wall</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 25:24 Lit. <i>maidservant</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 25:24 Lit. <i>speak in your ear</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 25:24 Lit. <i>maidservant </i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 25:25:00<i>Nabal</i> means <i>fool</i> in Heb.<br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 25:25 Lit. <i>maidservant</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 25:26 Lit. <i>coming with blood</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 25:27 Lit. <i>maidservant</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 25:27 Lit. <i>who are walking at the feet of</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 25:28 Lit. <i>maidservant</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 25:28 Lit. <i>all the days</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 25:30 Lit. <i>Nagid</i>; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority<br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 25:31 Lit. <i>maidservant</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 25:33 Lit. <i>from coming with blood</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 25:34 Lit. <i>the light of the morning</i><br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 25:34 Lit. <i>one who urinates on a wall</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 25:36 Lit. <i>anything great or small</i><br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 25:37 Lit. <i>When the wine had gone out of Nabal</i><br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 25:37 Lit. <i>all these things</i><br /><span class="fnb">hh</span> 25:37 Lit. <i>His</i><br /><span class="fnb">ii</span> 25:37 Lit. <i>became like a stone</i><br /><span class="fnb">jj</span> 25:42 Lit. <i>walking at her feet</i>; i.e. as her attendants<br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_samuel/24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Samuel 24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_samuel/26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Samuel 26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Samuel 26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/1_samuel/25-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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