Nabal's refusal
Samuel died, and all Israel gathered to mourn him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David went down to the wilderness of Paran. There was a wealthy man from Maon whose property was at Carmel. He owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, and he was shearing his sheep at Carmel. The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was intelligent and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved. He was a Calebite. While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. So David sent ten young men with instructions: Go up to Carmel, find Nabal and greet him for me. Say to him: Long life to you. Peace to you, peace to your household, and peace to everything you own. I've heard you're shearing. Your shepherds were with us, and we never harmed them. Nothing went missing the whole time they were at Carmel. Ask your own men and they'll tell you. So please receive my young men kindly, because we've come on a feast day. Give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David. David's men went to Nabal, delivered the message in David's name, and waited. Nabal answered David's servants: Who's David? Who's this son of Jesse? Plenty of servants are running away from their masters these days. Why should I take my bread, my water and the meat I've slaughtered for my shearers and hand it over to men who could've come from anywhere? David's men turned around, went back and reported everything Nabal had said. David told his men: Strap on your swords. So every man strapped on his sword, and David did the same. About four hundred men went up with David while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
And Samuel died. And all the Israelites gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David got up and went down to the wilderness of Paran. And there was a man in Maon whose property was 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. Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good sense and beautiful. But the man was hard and evil in his doings. And he was of the house of Caleb. And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. And David sent out ten young men. And David said to the young men: Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is. And say this to him who lives in wealth: Peace be both to you and peace be to your house, and peace be to everything you've got. And now I've heard you have shearers. Now your shepherds who were with us, we didn't hurt them, and nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel. Ask your young men, and they'll tell you. So let the young men find favour in your eyes, because we come on a good day. Give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David, please. And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and stopped. And Nabal answered David's servants: Who's David? And who's the son of Jesse? There are plenty of servants these days who break away every man from his master. Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I've killed for my shearers, and give it to men I don't know where they come from? So David's young men turned their way and went back and came and told him all those words. And David said to his men: Strap on every man his sword. And they strapped on every man his sword, and David strapped his on too. And about four hundred men went up after David, and two hundred stayed with the baggage.
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. 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. 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. And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 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: 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. 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. 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. And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 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. 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? So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. 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.
Samuel died, and all Israel gathered to mourn him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David went down to the wilderness of Paran.
And Samuel died. And all the Israelites gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David got up and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
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.
There was a wealthy man from Maon whose property was at Carmel. He owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, and he was shearing his sheep at Carmel.
And there was a man in Maon whose property was 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.
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.
The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was intelligent and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved. He was a Calebite.
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good sense and beautiful. But the man was hard and evil in his doings. And he was of the house of Caleb.
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.
While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
So David sent ten young men with instructions: Go up to Carmel, find Nabal and greet him for me.
And David sent out ten young men. And David said to the young men: Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is.
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:
Say to him: Long life to you. Peace to you, peace to your household, and peace to everything you own.
And say this to him who lives in wealth: Peace be both to you and peace be to your house, and peace be to everything you've got.
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.
I've heard you're shearing. Your shepherds were with us, and we never harmed them. Nothing went missing the whole time they were at Carmel.
And now I've heard you have shearers. Now your shepherds who were with us, we didn't hurt them, and nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
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.
Ask your own men and they'll tell you. So please receive my young men kindly, because we've come on a feast day. Give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.
Ask your young men, and they'll tell you. So let the young men find favour in your eyes, because we come on a good day. Give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David, please.
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.
David's men went to Nabal, delivered the message in David's name, and waited.
And when David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and stopped.
And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
Nabal answered David's servants: Who's David? Who's this son of Jesse? Plenty of servants are running away from their masters these days.
And Nabal answered David's servants: Who's David? And who's the son of Jesse? There are plenty of servants these days who break away every man from his master.
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.
Why should I take my bread, my water and the meat I've slaughtered for my shearers and hand it over to men who could've come from anywhere?
Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I've killed for my shearers, and give it to men I don't know where they come from?
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?
David's men turned around, went back and reported everything Nabal had said.
So David's young men turned their way and went back and came and told him all those words.
So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
David told his men: Strap on your swords. So every man strapped on his sword, and David did the same. About four hundred men went up with David while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
And David said to his men: Strap on every man his sword. And they strapped on every man his sword, and David strapped his on too. And about four hundred men went up after David, and two hundred stayed with the baggage.
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.
Abigail
One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal's wife: David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, and he tore strips off them. Those men were very good to us. They never mistreated us, and nothing went missing the whole time we were out in the fields with them. They were like a wall around us day and night the whole time we were near them tending the sheep. Now think it over and work out what to do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He's such a nasty piece of work nobody can talk to him. Abigail moved quickly. She took two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five prepared sheep, five measures of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred fig cakes, and loaded them onto donkeys. She told her servants: Go on ahead. I'll follow you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal. As she rode her donkey down through a hidden part of the hill, David and his men were coming toward her, and she met them. David had been saying: All my time protecting this man's property in the wilderness was for nothing. Not a thing of his went missing, and this is how he repays me — evil for good. May God deal with David ever so severely if I leave a single male belonging to Nabal alive by morning. When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from the donkey, fell face-down before him and bowed to the ground. She fell at his feet and said: My lord, put the blame on me. Please let your servant speak to you, and hear what I have to say. Please don't pay any attention to that worthless man Nabal. He's exactly what his name says: his name means Fool, and foolishness follows him. I, your servant, didn't see the young men my lord sent. Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and taking revenge with your own hands. May your enemies and all who mean harm to my lord become like Nabal. Now please give this gift your servant has brought to my lord to the young men who follow you. Please forgive your servant's offence. The Lord will certainly establish a lasting house for my lord, because my lord fights the Lord's battles, and no evil has been found in you all your days. Even if someone rises to pursue you and take your life, my lord's life will be kept secure in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God, while he will sling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling. When the Lord has done for my lord all the good he promised you and appointed you ruler over Israel, Then you won't have this needless bloodshed on your conscience or the burden of having avenged yourself. And when the Lord has done good to my lord, remember your servant. David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today. Bless you for your good judgment, and bless you for stopping me today from shedding blood and taking revenge with my own hands. As surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who kept me from harming you, if you hadn't hurried out to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would've been left alive by morning. David accepted what she had brought and told her: Go home in peace. I've heard what you said and granted your request.
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife: Look — David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he flew at them. But the men were very good to us, and we weren't hurt, and we didn't miss anything as long as we went with them when we were in the fields. They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep. So now know and think what you'll do. Because harm is settled against our master and against all his household. Because he's such a son of wickedness that a man can't speak to him. Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five bushels of roasted grain and a hundred bunches of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. And she said to her servants: Go on in front of me. Look — I'm coming after you. But she didn't tell her husband Nabal. And as she rode on the donkey and came down by the cover of the hill, there were David and his men coming down towards her. And she met them. Now David had said: I've definitely kept everything this fellow had in the wilderness for nothing, so nothing was missing of everything that was his. And he's paid me back evil for good. God do that and more to the ones against David, if I leave of everything he's got by the morning light any male. And when Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off the donkey and fell in front of David on her face and bowed to the ground. And she fell at his feet: On me, my lord, on me let this wrongdoing be. And let your servant speak in your ears, please, and hear the words of your servant. Don't let my lord set his mind on this man of wickedness, on Nabal. Because his name is what he is. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant didn't see the young men of my lord who you sent. So now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, seeing the Lord has held you back from coming to spill blood and from paying yourself back with your own hand — now let the ones against you and the ones who look to hurt my lord be like Nabal. And now this gift that your servant has brought my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. Forgive the wrong of your servant, please. Because the Lord will definitely make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. And evil hasn't been found in you all your days. But a man has got up to chase you and to look for your soul. But the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord your God. And the souls of the ones against you, he'll sling them out as out of the middle of a sling. And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good he's spoken about you, and has made you ruler over Israel — then this won't be a grief to you or an offence of heart to my lord, either that you've spilt blood for nothing or that my lord has paid himself back. But when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant. And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me. And blessed be your good sense, and blessed be you, who've kept me today from coming to spill blood and from paying myself back with my own hand. Because truly, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who's held me back from hurting you — if you hadn't hurried and come to meet me, there definitely wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light any male. So David took from her hand what she'd brought him, and said to her: Go up to your house in peace. See — I've listened to your voice and have accepted you.
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. 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: They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 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. 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. And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. 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. 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. 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. 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, 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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; 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. And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: 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. 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. 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.
One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal's wife: David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, and he tore strips off them.
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife: Look — David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he flew at them.
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.
Those men were very good to us. They never mistreated us, and nothing went missing the whole time we were out in the fields with them.
But the men were very good to us, and we weren't hurt, and we didn't miss anything as long as we went with them when we were in the fields.
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:
They were like a wall around us day and night the whole time we were near them tending the sheep.
They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep.
They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
Now think it over and work out what to do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He's such a nasty piece of work nobody can talk to him.
So now know and think what you'll do. Because harm is settled against our master and against all his household. Because he's such a son of wickedness that a man can't speak to him.
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.
Abigail moved quickly. She took two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five prepared sheep, five measures of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred fig cakes, and loaded them onto donkeys.
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five bushels of roasted grain and a hundred bunches of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
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.
She told her servants: Go on ahead. I'll follow you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.
And she said to her servants: Go on in front of me. Look — I'm coming after you. But she didn't tell her husband Nabal.
And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
As she rode her donkey down through a hidden part of the hill, David and his men were coming toward her, and she met them.
And as she rode on the donkey and came down by the cover of the hill, there were David and his men coming down towards her. And she met them.
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.
David had been saying: All my time protecting this man's property in the wilderness was for nothing. Not a thing of his went missing, and this is how he repays me — evil for good.
Now David had said: I've definitely kept everything this fellow had in the wilderness for nothing, so nothing was missing of everything that was his. And he's paid me back evil for good.
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.
May God deal with David ever so severely if I leave a single male belonging to Nabal alive by morning.
God do that and more to the ones against David, if I leave of everything he's got by the morning light any male.
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.
When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from the donkey, fell face-down before him and bowed to the ground.
And when Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off the donkey and fell in front of David on her face and bowed to the ground.
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,
She fell at his feet and said: My lord, put the blame on me. Please let your servant speak to you, and hear what I have to say.
And she fell at his feet: On me, my lord, on me let this wrongdoing be. And let your servant speak in your ears, please, and hear the words of your servant.
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.
Please don't pay any attention to that worthless man Nabal. He's exactly what his name says: his name means Fool, and foolishness follows him. I, your servant, didn't see the young men my lord sent.
Don't let my lord set his mind on this man of wickedness, on Nabal. Because his name is what he is. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant didn't see the young men of my lord who you sent.
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.
Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and taking revenge with your own hands. May your enemies and all who mean harm to my lord become like Nabal.
So now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, seeing the Lord has held you back from coming to spill blood and from paying yourself back with your own hand — now let the ones against you and the ones who look to hurt my lord be like Nabal.
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.
Now please give this gift your servant has brought to my lord to the young men who follow you.
And now this gift that your servant has brought my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
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.
Please forgive your servant's offence. The Lord will certainly establish a lasting house for my lord, because my lord fights the Lord's battles, and no evil has been found in you all your days.
Forgive the wrong of your servant, please. Because the Lord will definitely make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. And evil hasn't been found in you all your days.
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.
Even if someone rises to pursue you and take your life, my lord's life will be kept secure in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God, while he will sling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
But a man has got up to chase you and to look for your soul. But the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord your God. And the souls of the ones against you, he'll sling them out as out of the middle of a sling.
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.
When the Lord has done for my lord all the good he promised you and appointed you ruler over Israel,
And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good he's spoken about you, and has made you ruler over Israel —
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;
Then you won't have this needless bloodshed on your conscience or the burden of having avenged yourself. And when the Lord has done good to my lord, remember your servant.
then this won't be a grief to you or an offence of heart to my lord, either that you've spilt blood for nothing or that my lord has paid himself back. But when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.
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.
David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today.
And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me.
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
Bless you for your good judgment, and bless you for stopping me today from shedding blood and taking revenge with my own hands.
And blessed be your good sense, and blessed be you, who've kept me today from coming to spill blood and from paying myself back with my own hand.
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.
As surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who kept me from harming you, if you hadn't hurried out to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would've been left alive by morning.
Because truly, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who's held me back from hurting you — if you hadn't hurried and come to meet me, there definitely wouldn't have been left to Nabal by the morning light any male.
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.
David accepted what she had brought and told her: Go home in peace. I've heard what you said and granted your request.
So David took from her hand what she'd brought him, and said to her: Go up to your house in peace. See — I've listened to your voice and have accepted you.
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.
Nabal's death
Abigail returned to Nabal. He was holding a feast in his house like a king's banquet, in high spirits and very drunk. She told him nothing at all until morning. In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him what had happened. His heart failed inside him, and he became like stone. About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died. When David heard Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who defended my cause against Nabal's insult and kept his servant from doing evil. The Lord has brought Nabal's wickedness back on his own head. Then David sent word asking Abigail to become his wife. David's servants came to Abigail at Carmel and said: David has sent us to ask you to become his wife. She bowed with her face to the ground and said: Your servant is ready to serve and even wash the feet of my lord's servants. Abigail quickly got up, mounted a donkey and went with David's messengers, accompanied by five female servants. She became his wife. David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, so both women were his wives. Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti son of Laish from Gallim.
And Abigail came to Nabal. And there he was, holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry in him, because he was very drunk. So she didn't tell him anything, little or much, till the morning light. But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal and his wife had told him these things, his heart died in him and he turned to stone. And about ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died. And when David heard Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who's pleaded the case of my shame from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil. Because the Lord has brought back the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. And David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her to himself as a wife. And when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her: David sent us to you, to take you to him as a wife. And she got up and bowed herself on her face to the earth and said: Look — let your servant be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. And Abigail hurried and got up and rode on a donkey, with five of her young women who went after her. And she went after the messengers of David and was his wife. David took Ahinoam of Jezreel too. And they were both his wives. But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti son of Laish of Gallim.
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. 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. And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. 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. 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. 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. 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. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
Abigail returned to Nabal. He was holding a feast in his house like a king's banquet, in high spirits and very drunk. She told him nothing at all until morning.
And Abigail came to Nabal. And there he was, holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry in him, because he was very drunk. So she didn't tell him anything, little or much, till the morning light.
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.
In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him what had happened. His heart failed inside him, and he became like stone.
But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal and his wife had told him these things, his heart died in him and he turned to stone.
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.
About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal and he died.
And about ten days later the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
When David heard Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who defended my cause against Nabal's insult and kept his servant from doing evil. The Lord has brought Nabal's wickedness back on his own head. Then David sent word asking Abigail to become his wife.
And when David heard Nabal was dead, he said: Blessed be the Lord, who's pleaded the case of my shame from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil. Because the Lord has brought back the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. And David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her to himself as a wife.
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.
David's servants came to Abigail at Carmel and said: David has sent us to ask you to become his wife.
And when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her: David sent us to you, to take you to him as a wife.
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.
She bowed with her face to the ground and said: Your servant is ready to serve and even wash the feet of my lord's servants.
And she got up and bowed herself on her face to the earth and said: Look — let your servant be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
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.
Abigail quickly got up, mounted a donkey and went with David's messengers, accompanied by five female servants. She became his wife.
And Abigail hurried and got up and rode on a donkey, with five of her young women who went after her. And she went after the messengers of David and was his wife.
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.
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, so both women were his wives.
David took Ahinoam of Jezreel too. And they were both his wives.
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti son of Laish from Gallim.
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti son of Laish of Gallim.
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.