<vn='1'>And <sn="8050">Samuel</s><sn="4191">died</s>; and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3478">Israelites</s> were gathered <sn="6908">together</s>, and <sn="5594">lamented</s> him, and <sn="6912">buried</s> him in his <sn="1004">house</s> at <sn="7414">Ramah</s>. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and went <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="6290">Paran</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And there was a <sn="376">man</s> in <sn="4584">Maon</s>, whose <sn="4639">possessions</s> were in <sn="3760">Carmel</s>; and the <sn="376">man</s> was <sn="3966">very</s><sn="1419">great</s>, and he had <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6629">sheep</s>, and a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="5795">goats</s>: and he <sn="1961">was</s><sn="1494">shearing</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6629">sheep</s> in <sn="3760">Carmel</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Now the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="376">man</s> was <sn="5037">Nabal</s>; and the <sn="8034">name</s> of his <sn="802">wife</s><sn="26">Abigail</s>: and she was a <sn="802">woman</s> of <sn="2896">good</s><sn="7922">understanding</s>, and of a <sn="3303">beautiful</s><sn="8389">countenance</s>: but the <sn="376">man</s> was <sn="7186">churlish</s> and <sn="7451">evil</s> in his <sn="4611">doings</s>; and <sn="1931">he</s> was of the house of <sn="3612">Caleb</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="8085">heard</s> in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="5037">Nabal</s> did <sn="1494">shear</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="6629">sheep</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="1732">David</s> sent <sn="7971">out</s><sn="6235">ten</s> young <sn="5288">men</s>, and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> unto the young <sn="5288">men</s>, Get you <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="3760">Carmel</s>, and <sn="935">go</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5037">Nabal</s>, and <sn="7592 7965">greet</s> him in my <sn="8034">name</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="3541">thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">say</s> to him that <sn="2416">liveth</s> in prosperity, <sn="7965">Peace</s> be both to <sn="859">thee</s>, and <sn="7965">peace</s> be to thine <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="7965">peace</s> be unto <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="6258">now</s> I have <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> thou hast <sn="1494">shearers</s>: <sn="6258">now</s> thy <sn="7462">shepherds</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="5973">with</s> us, we <sn="3637">hurt</s> them <sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> was there <sn="3972">aught</s><sn="6485">missing</s> unto them, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">while</s> they <sn="1961">were</s> in <sn="3760">Carmel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="7592">Ask</s><sn="*853"></s> thy young <sn="5288">men</s>, and they will <sn="5046">show</s> thee. Wherefore let the young <sn="5288">men</s><sn="4672">find</s><sn="2580">favor</s> in thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> we <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">in</s> a <sn="2896">good</s><sn="3117">day</s>: <sn="5414">give</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">whatsoever</s><sn="4672">cometh</s> to thine <sn="3027">hand</s> unto thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, and to thy <sn="1121">son</s><sn="1732">David</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And when <sn="1732">David</s> 's young <sn="5288">men</s><sn="935">came</s>, they <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5037">Nabal</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">those</s><sn="1697">words</s> in the <sn="8034">name</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="5117">ceased</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="5037">Nabal</s><sn="6030">answered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> is <sn="1732">David</s>? and <sn="4310">who</s> is the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3448">Jesse</s>? there be <sn="7231">many</s><sn="5650">servants</s> now a <sn="3117">days</s> that break <sn="6555">away</s> every <sn="376">man</s><sn="4480 6440">from</s> his <sn="113">master</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Shall I then <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="3899">bread</s>, and my <sn="4325">water</s>, and my <sn="2878">flesh</s><sn="834">that</s> I have <sn="2873">killed</s> for my <sn="1494">shearers</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> it unto <sn="376">men</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="335 4480 2088">whence</s><sn="1992">they</s> be? </v>
<vn='12'>So <sn="1732">David</s> 's young <sn="5288">men</s><sn="2015">turned</s> their <sn="1870">way</s>, and went <sn="7725">again</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> and <sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">those</s><sn="1697">sayings</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> unto his <sn="376">men</s>, Gird ye <sn="2296">on</s> every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2719">sword</s>. And they girded <sn="2296">on</s> every <sn="376">man</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2719">sword</s>; and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="1571">also</s> girded <sn="2296">on</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="2719">sword</s>: and there went <sn="5927">up</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="1732">David</s> about <sn="702">four</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="376">men</s>; and two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3427">abode</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="3627">stuff</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>But <sn="259 5288">one</s> of the young <sn="4480 5288">men</s><sn="5046">told</s><sn="26">Abigail</s>, <sn="5037">Nabal</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s> out of the <sn="4480 4057">wilderness</s> to <sn="1288">salute</s><sn="*853"></s> our <sn="113">master</s>; and he <sn="5860">railed</s> on them. </v>
<vn='15'>But the <sn="376">men</s> were <sn="3966">very</s><sn="2896">good</s> unto us, and we were <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3637">hurt</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="6485">missed</s> we any <sn="3972">thing</s>, as long <sn="3605 3117">as</s> we were <sn="1980">conversant</s><sn="854">with</s> them, when we <sn="1961">were</s> in the <sn="7704">fields</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>They <sn="1961">were</s> a <sn="2346">wall</s><sn="5921">unto</s> us <sn="1571">both</s> by <sn="3915">night</s><sn="1571">and</s><sn="3119">day</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3117">while</s> we <sn="1961">were</s><sn="5973">with</s> them <sn="7462">keeping</s> the <sn="6629">sheep</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="3045">know</s> and <sn="7200">consider</s><sn="4100">what</s> thou wilt <sn="6213">do</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="7451">evil</s> is <sn="3615">determined</s><sn="413">against</s> our <sn="113">master</s>, and <sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1004">household</s>: for <sn="1931">he</s> is such a <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s>, that a man cannot <sn="4480 1696">speak</s><sn="413">to</s> him. </v>
<vn='18'>Then <sn="26">Abigail</s> made <sn="4116">haste</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s> two <sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="3899">loaves</s>, and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="5035">bottles</s> of <sn="3196">wine</s>, and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="6629">sheep</s> ready <sn="6213">dressed</s>, and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="5429">measures</s> of <sn="7039">parched</s> corn, and a <sn="3967">hundred</s> clusters of <sn="6778">raisins</s>, and two <sn="3967">hundred</s> cakes of <sn="1690">figs</s>, and <sn="7760">laid</s> them <sn="5921">on</s><sn="2543">asses</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And she <sn="559">said</s> unto her <sn="5288">servants</s>, Go <sn="5674">on</s><sn="6440">before</s> me; <sn="2005">behold</s>, I <sn="935">come</s><sn="310">after</s> you. But she <sn="5046">told</s><sn="3808">not</s> her <sn="376">husband</s><sn="5037">Nabal</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, as <sn="1931">she</s><sn="7392">rode</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="2543">ass</s>, that she came <sn="3381">down</s> by the <sn="5643">covert</s> of the <sn="2022">hill</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="1732">David</s> and his <sn="376">men</s> came <sn="3381">down</s><sn="7125">against</s> her; and she <sn="6298">met</s> them. </v>
<vn='21'>Now <sn="1732">David</s> had <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="389">Surely</s> in <sn="8267">vain</s> have I <sn="8104">kept</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="2088">this</s> fellow hath in the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, so that <sn="3808 3972">nothing</s> was <sn="6485">missed</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> pertained unto him: and he hath <sn="7725">requited</s> me <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="8478">for</s><sn="2896">good</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3541">So</s> and <sn="3254">more</s><sn="3541">also</s><sn="6213">do</s><sn="430">God</s> unto the <sn="341">enemies</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="518">if</s> I <sn="7604">leave</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> pertain to him <sn="5704">by</s> the morning <sn="1242">light</s> any that <sn="8366">pisseth</s> against the <sn="7023">wall</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And when <sn="26">Abigail</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s>, she <sn="4116">hasted</s>, and <sn="3381">lighted</s><sn="4480 5921">off</s> the <sn="2543">ass</s>, and <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="639">before</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="5921">on</s> her <sn="6440">face</s>, and bowed <sn="7812">herself</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>, </v>
<vn='24'>And <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">at</s> his <sn="7272">feet</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Upon <sn="589">me</s>, my <sn="113">lord</s>, upon me let this <sn="5771">iniquity</s> be: and let thine <sn="519">handmaid</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="1696">speak</s> in thine <sn="241">audience</s>, and <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of thine <sn="519">handmaid</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Let <sn="408">not</s> my <sn="113">lord</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="7760 *853 3820 413">regard</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s> of <sn="1100">Belial</s>, even <sn="5037">Nabal</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> as his <sn="8034">name</s> is, <sn="3651">so</s> is <sn="1931">he</s>; <sn="5037">Nabal</s> is his <sn="8034">name</s>, and <sn="5039">folly</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> him: but <sn="589">I</s> thine <sn="519">handmaid</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="*853"></s> the young <sn="5288">men</s> of my <sn="113">lord</s>, <sn="834">whom</s> thou didst <sn="7971">send</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, my <sn="113">lord</s>, as the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, and as thy <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="834">seeing</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="4513">withheld</s> thee from <sn="4480 935">coming</s> to shed <sn="1818">blood</s>, and from <sn="3467">avenging</s> thyself with thine own <sn="3027">hand</s>, <sn="6258">now</s> let thine <sn="341">enemies</s>, and they that <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="413">to</s> my <sn="113">lord</s>, <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="5037">Nabal</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And <sn="6258">now</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="1293">blessing</s><sn="834">which</s> thine <sn="8198">handmaid</s> hath <sn="935">brought</s> unto my <sn="113">lord</s>, let it even be <sn="5414">given</s> unto the young <sn="5288">men</s> that <sn="1980 7272">follow</s> my <sn="113">lord</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="5375">forgive</s> the <sn="6588">trespass</s> of thine <sn="519">handmaid</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will certainly <sn="6213 6213">make</s> my <sn="113">lord</s> a <sn="539">sure</s><sn="1004">house</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> my <sn="113">lord</s><sn="3898">fighteth</s> the <sn="4421">battles</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7451">evil</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s> been <sn="4672">found</s> in thee all thy <sn="4480 3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Yet a <sn="120">man</s> is <sn="6965">risen</s> to <sn="7291">pursue</s> thee, and to <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5315">soul</s>: but the <sn="5315">soul</s> of my <sn="113">lord</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="6887">bound</s> in the <sn="6872">bundle</s> of <sn="2416">life</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>; and the <sn="5315">souls</s> of thine <sn="341">enemies</s>, them shall he sling <sn="7049">out</s>, as out of the <sn="8432">middle</s> of a <sn="7050">sling</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall have <sn="6213">done</s> to my <sn="113">lord</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2896">good</s><sn="834">that</s> he hath <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> thee, and shall have <sn="6680">appointed</s> thee <sn="5057">ruler</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; </v>
<vn='31'>That <sn="2063">this</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="6330">grief</s> unto thee, nor <sn="4383">offense</s> of <sn="3820">heart</s> unto my <sn="113">lord</s>, either that thou hast <sn="8210">shed</s><sn="1818">blood</s><sn="2600">causeless</s>, or that my <sn="113">lord</s> hath <sn="3467">avenged</s> himself: but when the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall have dealt <sn="3190">well</s> with my <sn="113">lord</s>, then <sn="2142">remember</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="519">handmaid</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s> to <sn="26">Abigail</s>, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="7971">sent</s> thee <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> me: </v>
<vn='33'>And <sn="1288">blessed</s> be thy <sn="2940">advice</s>, and <sn="1288">blessed</s> be <sn="859">thou</s>, <sn="834">which</s> hast <sn="3607">kept</s> me <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s> from <sn="4480 935">coming</s> to shed <sn="1818">blood</s>, and from <sn="3467">avenging</s> myself with mine own <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>For in very <sn="199">deed</s>, as the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="834">which</s> hath kept me <sn="4513">back</s> from <sn="4480 7489">hurting</s> thee, <sn="3588 3884">except</s> thou hadst <sn="4116">hasted</s> and <sn="935">come</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> me, <sn="3588">surely</s> there had <sn="518">not</s> been <sn="3498">left</s> unto <sn="5037">Nabal</s><sn="5704">by</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s><sn="216">light</s> any that <sn="8366">pisseth</s> against the <sn="7023">wall</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>So <sn="1732">David</s><sn="3947">received</s> of her <sn="4480 3027">hand</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> she had <sn="935">brought</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s> unto her, Go <sn="5927">up</s> in <sn="7965">peace</s> to thine <sn="1004">house</s>; <sn="7200">see</s>, I have <sn="8085">hearkened</s> to thy <sn="6963">voice</s>, and have <sn="5375">accepted</s> thy <sn="6440">person</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And <sn="26">Abigail</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="5037">Nabal</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, he held a <sn="4960">feast</s> in his <sn="1004">house</s>, like the <sn="4960">feast</s> of a <sn="4428">king</s>; and <sn="5037">Nabal</s> 's <sn="3820">heart</s> was <sn="2896">merry</s><sn="5921">within</s> him, for <sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="5704 3966">very</s><sn="7910">drunken</s>: wherefore she <sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="3808 1697">nothing</s>, <sn="6996">less</s> or <sn="1419">more</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s><sn="216">light</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>But it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, when the <sn="3196">wine</s> was gone <sn="3318">out</s> of <sn="4480 5037">Nabal</s>, and his <sn="802">wife</s> had <sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s>, that his <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="4191">died</s><sn="7130">within</s> him, and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1961">became</s> as a <sn="68">stone</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> about <sn="6235">ten</s><sn="3117">days</s> after, that the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5062">smote</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5037">Nabal</s>, that he <sn="4191">died</s>. </v>
<vn='39'>And when <sn="1732">David</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="5037">Nabal</s> was <sn="4191">dead</s>, he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1288">Blessed</s> be the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">that</s> hath <sn="7378">pleaded</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7379">cause</s> of my <sn="2781">reproach</s> from the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of <sn="5037">Nabal</s>, and hath <sn="2820">kept</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s> from <sn="4480 7451">evil</s>: for the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7725">returned</s> the <sn="7451">wickedness</s> of <sn="5037">Nabal</s> upon his own <sn="7218">head</s>. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7971">sent</s> and <sn="1696">communed</s> with <sn="26">Abigail</s>, to <sn="3947">take</s> her to him to <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='40'>And when the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="1732">David</s> were <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="26">Abigail</s> to <sn="3760">Carmel</s>, they <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7971">sent</s> us <sn="413">unto</s> thee, to <sn="3947">take</s> thee to him to <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='41'>And she <sn="6965">arose</s>, and bowed <sn="7812">herself</s> on her <sn="639">face</s> to the <sn="776">earth</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, let thine <sn="519">handmaid</s> be a <sn="8198">servant</s> to <sn="7364">wash</s> the <sn="7272">feet</s> of the <sn="5650">servants</s> of my <sn="113">lord</s>. </v>
<vn='42'>And <sn="26">Abigail</s><sn="4116">hasted</s>, and <sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="7392">rode</s><sn="5921">upon</s> an <sn="2543">ass</s>, with <sn="2568">five</s><sn="5291">damsels</s> of hers that <sn="1980">went</s><sn="7272">after</s> her; and she <sn="1980">went</s><sn="310">after</s> the <sn="4397">messengers</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="1961">became</s> his <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='43'><sn="1732">David</s> also <sn="3947">took</s><sn="293">Ahinoam</s> of <sn="4480 3157">Jezreel</s>; and they <sn="1961">were</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="8147">both</s> of them his <sn="802">wives</s>. </v>
<vn='44'>But <sn="7586">Saul</s> had <sn="5414">given</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4324">Michal</s> his <sn="1323">daughter</s>, <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>, to <sn="6406">Phalti</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3919">Laish</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was of <sn="4480 1554">Gallim</s>. </v>