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The man was named Nabal, his wife, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and attractive, but Nabal himself, a Calebite, was harsh and ungenerous in his behavior. (1 Samuel 25, 3)
When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his flock, (1 Samuel 25, 4)
he sent ten young men, instructing them: "Go up to Carmel. Pay Nabal a visit and greet him in my name. (1 Samuel 25, 5)
When David's young men arrived, they delivered this message fully to Nabal in David's name, and then waited. (1 Samuel 25, 9)
But Nabal answered the servants of David: "Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays there are many servants who run away from their masters. (1 Samuel 25, 10)
But Nabal's wife Abigail was informed of this by one of the servants, who said: "David sent messengers from the desert to greet our master, but he flew at them screaming. (1 Samuel 25, 14)
She then said to her servants, "Go on ahead; I will follow you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal. (1 Samuel 25, 19)
Let not my lord pay attention to that worthless man Nabal, for he is just like his name. Fool is his name, and he acts the fool. I, your handmaid, did not see the young men whom my lord sent. (1 Samuel 25, 25)
Now, therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as you live, it is the LORD who has kept you from shedding blood and from avenging yourself personally. May your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord become as Nabal! (1 Samuel 25, 26)
Otherwise, as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come so promptly to meet me, by dawn Nabal would not have had a single man or boy left alive." (1 Samuel 25, 34)
When Abigail came to Nabal, there was a drinking party in his house like that of a king, and Nabal was merry because he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all before daybreak the next morning. (1 Samuel 25, 36)
But then, when Nabal had become sober, his wife told him what had happened. At this his courage died within him, and he became like a stone. (1 Samuel 25, 37)