1 Samuel 25 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Then Samuel ^H8050 died ^H4191; and all ^H3605 Israel ^H3478 assembled ^H6908 and mourned ^H5594 for him, and they buried ^H6912 him at his house ^H1004 in Ramah ^H7414. And David ^H1732 set ^H6965 out ^H6965 and went ^H3381 down ^H3381 to the wilderness ^H4057 of Paran ^H6290.

Now there was a man ^H376 in Maon ^H4584 whose business ^H4639 was in Carmel ^H3760; and the man ^H376 was very ^H3966 [fn]rich ^H1419, and he had three ^H7969 thousand ^H505 sheep ^H6629 and a thousand ^H505 goats ^H5795. And it came ^H1961 about ^H1961 while he was shearing ^H1494 his sheep ^H6629 in Carmel ^H3760

When David’s ^H1732 young ^H5288 men ^H5288 came ^H935, they spoke ^H1696 to Nabal ^H5037 in accordance with all ^H3605 these ^H428 words ^H1697 in David’s ^H1732 name ^H8034; then they waited ^H5117.

Now one ^H259 of the young ^H5288 men ^H5288 told ^H5046 Abigail ^H26, Nabal’s ^H5037 wife ^H802, saying ^H559, “Behold ^H2009, David ^H1732 sent ^H7971 messengers ^H4397 from the wilderness ^H4057 to [fn]greet ^H1288 our master ^H113, and he spoke ^H5860 to them in ^H5860 anger ^H5860.

Then Abigail ^H26 hurried ^H4116 and took ^H3947 two hundred ^H3967 loaves of bread ^H3899 and two ^H8147 jugs ^H5035 of wine ^H3196, and five ^H2568 sheep ^H6629 already prepared ^H6213 and five ^H2568 measures ^H5429 of roasted ^H7039 grain ^H7039, and a hundred ^H3967 cakes ^H6778 of ^H6778 raisins ^H6778 and two hundred ^H3967 cakes ^H1690 of ^H1690 figs ^H1690, and she loaded ^H7760 them on donkeys ^H2543.

When Abigail ^H26 saw ^H7200 David ^H1732, she hurried ^H4116 and dismounted ^H3381 from her donkey ^H2543, and fell ^H5307 on her face ^H6440 in front ^H639 of David ^H1732 and bowed ^H2331 herself to the ground ^H776.

“Now ^H6258 then, my lord ^H113, as the LORD ^H3068 lives ^H2416, and as your soul ^H5315 lives ^H2416, since ^H834 the LORD ^H3068 has restrained ^H4513 you from [fn]shedding ^H935 blood ^H1818, and from [fn]avenging ^H3467 yourself by your own hand ^H3027, now ^H6258 then, may your enemies ^H340 and those who seek ^H1245 evil ^H7451 against ^H413 my lord ^H113, be like Nabal ^H5037.

Then David ^H1732 said ^H559 to Abigail ^H26, “Blessed ^H1288 be the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel ^H3478, who ^H834 sent ^H7971 you this ^H2088 day ^H3117 to meet ^H7122 me,

Then Abigail ^H26 came ^H935 to Nabal ^H5037, and behold ^H2009, he was having a feast ^H4960 in his house ^H1004, like the feast ^H4960 of a king ^H4428. And Nabal’s ^H5037 heart ^H3820 was cheerful ^H2895 within ^H5921 him, for he was very ^H5704 H3966 drunk ^H7910; so she did not tell ^H5046 him anything ^H1697 [fn]at all ^H6996 H1419 until ^H5704 the morning ^H1242 light ^H216.

When David ^H1732 heard ^H8085 that Nabal ^H5037 was dead ^H4191, he said ^H559, “Blessed ^H1288 be the LORD ^H3068, who ^H834 has pleaded ^H7378 the cause ^H7379 of the shame ^H2781 inflicted ^H2781 on me by the hand ^H3027 of Nabal ^H5037, and has kept ^H2820 back ^H2820 His servant ^H5650 from evil ^H7451. The LORD ^H3068 has also returned ^H7725 the evildoing ^H7451 of Nabal ^H5037 on his own head ^H7218.” Then David ^H1732 sent ^H7971 [fn]a proposal ^H1696 to Abigail ^H26, to take ^H3947 her as his wife ^H802.

David ^H1732 had also taken ^H3947 Ahinoam ^H293 of Jezreel ^H3157, and they both ^H1571 H8147 became ^H1961 his wives ^H802.

But Saul ^H7586 had given ^H5414 his daughter ^H1323 Michal ^H4324, David’s ^H1732 wife ^H802, to Palti ^H6406 the son ^H1121 of Laish ^H3919, who ^H834 was from Gallim ^H1554.