dynamicbible/Android/DynamicBible/assets/bibles/asv/9-25.json

{"ch":25,"vss":[{"v":1,"w":[{"t":"And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran."}]},{"v":2,"w":[{"t":"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."}]},{"v":3,"w":[{"t":"Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was 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."}]},{"v":4,"w":[{"t":"And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep."}]},{"v":5,"w":[{"t":"And David sent 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:"}]},{"v":6,"w":[{"t":"and thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy house, and peace be unto all that thou hast."}]},{"v":7,"w":[{"t":"And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel."}]},{"v":8,"w":[{"t":"Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David."}]},{"v":9,"w":[{"t":"And when David`s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased."}]},{"v":10,"w":[{"t":"And Nabal answered David`s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days that break away every man from his master."}]},{"v":11,"w":[{"t":"Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they are?"}]},{"v":12,"w":[{"t":"So David`s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words."}]},{"v":13,"w":[{"t":"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 baggage."}]},{"v":14,"w":[{"t":"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 at them."}]},{"v":15,"w":[{"t":"But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields:"}]},{"v":16,"w":[{"t":"they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep."}]},{"v":17,"w":[{"t":"Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him."}]},{"v":18,"w":[{"t":"Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses."}]},{"v":19,"w":[{"t":"And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal."}]},{"v":20,"w":[{"t":"And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them."}]},{"v":21,"w":[{"t":"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 returned me evil for good."}]},{"v":22,"w":[{"t":"God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one man-child."}]},{"v":23,"w":[{"t":"And when Abigail saw David, she hasted,