1 Samuel 25:3-6

Contemporary English Version

Abigail Keeps David from Killing Innocent People

^2-3 Nabal was a very rich man who lived in Maon. He owned 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, which he kept at Carmel.^[a] His wife Abigail was sensible and beautiful, but he was from the Caleb clan^[b] and was rough and mean.

⁴ One day, Nabal was in Carmel where his servants were cutting the wool from his sheep. David was in the desert when he heard about it. ^5-6 So he sent ten men to Carmel with this message for Nabal:

I hope that you and your family are healthy and that all is going well for you.