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The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite,
so David sent 10 young men instructing them, “Go up to Carmel, and when you come to Nabal, greet him in my name.
David’s young men went and said all these things to Nabal on David’s behalf,
Nabal asked them, “Who is David?
One of Nabal’s young men informed Abigail, Nabal’s wife: “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master,
Then she said to her male servants, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.”
My lord should pay no attention to this worthless man Nabal, for he lives up to his name:
Now my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, it is the Lord who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself
Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who prevented me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, Nabal wouldn’t have had any men
Then Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was in his house, holding a feast fit for a king.
In the morning when Nabal sobered up,
About 10 days later, the Lord struck Nabal dead.
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord who championed my cause against Nabal’s insults
Then David sent messengers to speak to Abigail about marrying him.
David and his men stayed with Achish in Gath. Each man had his family with him,
David’s two wives,
So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.