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1 Samuels 25
Det Norsk Bibelselskap 1930
1 Samuels 25
Det Norsk Bibelselskap 1930
25 Så døde Samuel, og hele Israel samlet sig og gråt over ham, og de begravde ham i hans hjem i Rama. Da brøt David op og drog ned til ørkenen Paran.
2 I Maon var det en mann som hadde sin buskap i Karmel. Det var en meget rik mann; han eide tre tusen får og tusen gjeter. Han holdt just på å klippe sine får i Karmel.
3 Mannens navn var Nabal, og hans hustru hette Abiga'il; hun var en forstandig og fager kvinne, men mannen var hård og ond i hele sin adferd. Han var av Kalebs ætt.
4 Mens David var i ørkenen, fikk han høre at Nabal var i ferd med å klippe sine får.
5 Da sendte David ti av sine menn avsted og sa til dem: Gå op til Karmel, og når I kommer til Nabal, så hils ham fra mig
6 og si: Lykke til! Fred være med dig, og fred med ditt hus, og fred med alt det du har!
7 Jeg har hørt at du har fåreklipning. Nu har dine hyrder vært sammen med oss; vi har ikke gjort dem fortred, og der er intet kommet bort for dem i all den tid de har vært i Karmel.
8 Spør dine folk! De vil fortelle dig det. La nu oss tjenere finne nåde for dine øine! Vi er jo kommet hit på en gledesdag; gi da dine tjenere og din sønn David hvad du har forhånden!
9 Da Davids menn kom dit, sa de alt dette til Nabal i Davids navn; så stod de og ventet.
10 Men Nabal svarte Davids tjenere og sa: Hvem er David, hvem er Isais sønn? Nu om dagene er der mange tjenere som løper bort fra sine herrer.
11 Skulde så jeg ta mitt brød og mitt vann og mitt slaktefe, som jeg har slaktet til dem som klipper for mig, og gi det til menn om hvem jeg ikke vet hvor de er fra?
12 Davids menn vendte om og gikk sin vei, og da de kom hjem igjen, fortalte de ham alt dette.
13 Da sa David til sine menn: Spenn sverdet om eder, alle mann! Så spente de alle sine sverd om sig, og David spente og sverdet om sig. Og de fulgte David op; det var omkring fire hundre mann, og to hundre blev igjen ved trosset.
14 Men en av folkene fortalte det til Abiga'il, Nabals hustru, og sa: David sendte bud fra ørkenen med hilsen til vår herre; men han skjelte dem ut.
15 Og disse menn har vært meget gode mot oss, og ingen har gjort oss nogen fortred, og vi har ikke mistet noget i all den tid vi ferdedes sammen med dem, når vi var ute på marken.
16 De var som en mur omkring oss både natt og dag i all den tid vi var sammen med dem og gjætte småfeet.
17 Tenk nu efter, så du vet hvad du skal gjøre! For ulykken henger over vår herre og hele hans hus, og selv er han et ondt menneske, så ingen kan tale til ham.
18 Da skyndte Abiga'il sig og tok to hundre brød og to skinnsekker med vin og fem får som var tillaget og fem mål ristet korn og hundre rosinkaker og to hundre fikenkaker og la dem på asenene.
19 Og hun sa til sine folk: Dra i forveien for mig! Jeg kommer snart efter. Men til sin mann Nabal sa hun ikke noget om dette.
20 Mens hun nu red på asenet og kom ned i en hulvei i fjellet, fikk hun se David og hans menn, som kom ned imot henne, så hun møtte dem.
21 Men David hadde sagt: Til ingen nytte har jeg vernet om alt det denne mann hadde i ørkenen, så det ikke er kommet bort noget av alt det som tilhørte ham; men han har gjengjeldt mig godt med ondt.
22 Så sant Gud vil la det gå Davids fiender ille både nu og siden: Jeg vil ikke la en eneste mann av alle dem som hører ham til, bli i live til imorgen!
23 Da Abiga'il fikk se David, skyndte hun sig og steg ned av asenet, og hun falt på sitt ansikt for David og bøide sig mot jorden.
24 Og hun falt ned for hans føtter og sa: Det er jeg, herre, det er jeg som har skylden; men la din tjenerinne få lov til å tale til dig, og hør på din tjenerinnes ord!
25 Herre, akt ikke på denne onde mann Nabal! For som han heter, så er han; Nabal[a] heter han, og full av dårskap er han. Men jeg din tjenerinne har ikke sett de menn som du, herre, hadde sendt.
26 Og nu, herre, så sant Herren lever, og så sant du selv lever, har Herren hindret dig fra å pådra dig blodskyld og fra å ta dig selv til rette; og nu skal dine fiender og de som søker å volde min herre ulykke, bli som Nabal.
27 Og denne gave som din tjenestekvinne har hatt med til min herre, la nu den bli gitt til de menn som er i min herres følge!
28 Forlat din tjenerinne hvad hun har gjort ille! For Herren vil bygge min herre et hus som står fast; for det er Herrens kriger[b] du fører, herre, og ondt er ikke funnet hos dig fra den dag du blev til.
29 Og om nogen står frem, som forfølger dig og står dig efter livet, da skal min herres liv være gjemt blandt de levendes flokk hos Herren din Gud; men dine fienders liv skal han slynge bort som en sten av slyngen.
30 Når da Herren gjør mot dig alt det gode han har lovt dig, herre, og setter dig til fyrste over Israel,
31 så skal ikke dette bli dig til anstøt eller volde dig samvittighetsnag, herre, at du har utøst uskyldig blod og tatt dig selv til rette, herre. Og når Herren gjør vel mot dig, herre, så kom din tjenerinne i hu!
32 Da sa David til Abiga'il: Lovet være Herren, Israels Gud, som idag har sendt mig dig i møte!
33 Og velsignet være din klokskap, og velsignet være du selv, som idag har holdt mig tilbake fra å pådra mig blodskyld og ta mig selv til rette!
34 Men så sant Herren, Israels Gud, lever, han som har holdt mig tilbake fra å gjøre dig ondt: Hadde du ikke skyndt dig å komme mig i møte, da skulde ikke en eneste mann være blitt tilbake for Nabal til imorgen.
35 Så tok David imot de gaver hun hadde hatt med til ham, og han sa til henne: Dra hjem i fred! Jeg har merket mig dine ord og opfylt din bønn.
36 Da Abiga'il kom hjem til Nabal, var det nettop gjestebud i huset, et gjestebud som hos en konge, og Nabal var lystig og hadde drukket sterkt. Hun fortalte ham intet, hverken smått eller stort, før det blev morgen.
37 Men da Nabal om morgenen var våknet av sitt rus, fortalte hans hustru ham alt sammen. Da stivnet hjertet i hans bryst, og han blev som en sten.
38 Og omkring ti dager efter slo Herren Nabal, så han døde.
39 Da David fikk høre at Nabal var død, sa han: Lovet være Herren, som har hevnet min vanære på Nabal og holdt sin tjener tilbake fra å gjøre ondt - Herren, som lot Nabals ondskap komme tilbake på hans eget hode! Så sendte David bud og beilet til Abiga'il for å få henne til hustru.
40 Davids tjenere kom til Abiga'il i Karmel, og de bar frem sitt ærend og sa: David har sendt oss til dig for å få dig til hustru.
41 Da stod hun op og bøide sig med ansiktet mot jorden og sa: Se, her er din tjenerinne, ferdig til å være din tjenestekvinne og tvette min herres tjeneres føtter.
42 Og Abiga'il skyndte sig og gjorde sig ferdig og satte sig på sitt asen, hun og hennes fem piker, som fulgte henne; og hun drog avsted med de menn David hadde sendt, og blev hans hustru.
43 Dessuten giftet David sig med Akinoam fra Jisre'el og de blev begge hans hustruer.
44 Men Saul hadde gitt sin datter Mikal, Davids hustru, til Palti, sønn av La'is, som var fra Gallim.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuels 25:25 dåre.
- 1 Samuels 25:28 1SA 18, 17.
1 Samuël 25
Het Boek
1 Samuël 25
Het Boek
Nabal en Abigaïl
25 Korte tijd later stierf Samuël en heel Israël kwam bijeen en rouwde om hem. Hij werd begraven bij zijn huis in Rama. Intussen trok David naar de woestijn Paran.
2 Een rijke man uit Maon bezat daar een schapenboerderij, dichtbij de stad Karmel. Hij had drieduizend schapen en ongeveer duizend geiten en was op dat moment op zijn boerderij, omdat de schapen werden geschoren. 3 Hij heette Nabal en zijn vrouw, een mooie en erg intelligente vrouw, heette Abigaïl. Nabal, een nakomeling van Kaleb, was een harde en ruwe kerel. 4 Toen David hoorde dat Nabal zijn schapen aan het scheren was, 5 stuurde hij tien jonge mannen naar Karmel om hem de volgende boodschap over te brengen: 6 ‘Moge God u en uw familie voorspoed geven en alles wat u hebt, zegenen. 7 Er is mij verteld dat u met uw herders aan het scheren bent. Toen uw herders onder ons verbleven, hebben wij hen nooit kwaad gedaan en zij zijn nooit iets tekort gekomen toen zij in Karmel verbleven. 8 Vraag uw jonge mannen zelf maar of dit waar is of niet. Nu heb ik mijn mannen gestuurd om een kleine bijdrage van uw kant en wilde u vragen hen niet teleur te stellen. Want wij zijn op een feestdag gekomen. Geef ons alstublieft een geschenk van wat voorradig is.’ 9 De jonge mannen gaven Davids boodschap aan Nabal door en wachtten op zijn antwoord. 10 ‘Wie is die David eigenlijk,’ wilde Nabal weten. ‘Wie denkt die zoon van Isaï wel dat hij is? Er zijn tegenwoordig heel wat knechten die bij hun meesters weglopen. 11 Moet ik soms brood, water en vlees dat ik voor mijn scheerders heb geslacht, aan kerels geven van wie ik niet weet waar zij vandaan komen?’ 12 Met die boodschap keerden Davids boodschappers naar hem terug. 13 ‘Pak jullie zwaarden,’ riep David, terwijl hij zijn riem met het zwaard om zijn middel vastmaakte. Hij nam vierhonderd mannen mee en tweehonderd bleven achter om hun eigendommen te bewaken.
14 Ondertussen was een van Nabals mannen naar Abigaïl gegaan en had gezegd: ‘David heeft mannen vanuit de wildernis gestuurd om onze meester te begroeten, maar hij beledigde hen en schold hen uit. 15,16 Davids mannen hebben ons inderdaad heel goed behandeld en wij hebben nooit iets van hen te duchten gehad en zijn nooit wat te kort gekomen, eigenlijk vormden zij dag en nacht een beschermende muur om ons en de schapen heen. 17 U kunt beter snel iets bedenken, want onze meester en zijn hele familie krijgen hier moeilijkheden mee. Hij is zo koppig, er valt met hem niet te praten!’
18 Abigaïl verzamelde snel tweehonderd broden, twee zakken wijn, vijf klaargemaakte schapen, ongeveer zestig liter geroosterd koren, honderd rozijnenkoeken en tweehonderd vijgenkoeken, die zij op ezels liet pakken. 19 ‘Rij maar vooruit,’ zei zij tegen haar knechten, ‘ik kom wel achter jullie aan.’ Ze vertelde haar man echter niet wat zij ging doen. 20 Terwijl zij op haar ezel door een bergpas reed, ontmoette zij David, die haar tegemoet kwam. 21 David had bij zichzelf gezegd: ‘Het heeft ons weinig goed gedaan dat we die kerel hebben geholpen. Wij beschermden zijn kudden in de wildernis, zodat geen enkel dier verdween of werd gestolen. Nu het erop aankomt, doet hij niets voor ons. 22 Moge God hem vervloeken en ook mij als morgenvroeg ook nog maar één van zijn mannen in leven is!’
23 Toen Abigaïl David zag aankomen, liet zij zich snel van haar ezel glijden en boog diep voor hem. 24 ‘Ik neem alle schuld voor deze zaak op mij, mijn heer,’ zei zij. ‘Luister alstublieft naar wat ik wil zeggen. 25 Trek u toch niets aan van wat Nabal heeft gezegd, want hij is een onbenul. Hij is een dwaas, zoals zijn naam al zegt. De boodschappers die u stuurde, heb ik helaas niet gezien. 26 Omdat de Here u ervan heeft weerhouden zelf te moorden en wraak te nemen, bid ik bij het leven van God en van u, dat al uw vijanden net zo vervloekt zullen zijn als Nabal is. 27 Ik heb hier een geschenk bij mij voor u en uw mannen. 28 Vergeef mij voor het onrecht dat we u hebben aangedaan. De Here zal u en uw kinderen voor altijd het koningschap schenken, want u voert zijn oorlogen. Doe dus nooit iets fout in uw hele leven. 29 Als u wordt achtervolgd door hen die het op uw leven hebben voorzien, zult u veilig zijn bij de Here, uw God. Net zo veilig alsof Hij u in zijn hand hield. Maar de levens van uw vijanden zal de Here wegslingeren als stenen uit een slinger! 30,31 Wanneer de Here al deze goede dingen heeft gedaan die Hij u heeft beloofd en Hij u koning over Israël heeft gemaakt, zou u toch niet op uw geweten willen hebben dat u zich ooit gedroeg als een moordenaar die het recht in eigen hand nam! En wanneer de Here al die wonderbaarlijke dingen voor u heeft gedaan, denk dan nog eens aan mij!’
32 David antwoordde Abigaïl: ‘Gezegend is de Here, de God van Israël, dat Hij mij u vandaag heeft laten ontmoeten! 33 Ik dank God voor uw heldere verstand! Gezegend bent u dat u mij ervan weerhoudt bloedschuld op mij te laden en het recht in eigen hand te nemen. 34 Want ik zweer bij de Here, de God van Israël, die mij ervan heeft weerhouden u kwaad te doen: als u mij niet tegemoet was gekomen, dan zou geen van Nabals mannen morgenochtend nog in leven zijn geweest!’ 35 Toen nam David de geschenken van haar aan en zei dat zij veilig naar huis kon terugkeren, omdat hij haar man niet zou doden.
36 Toen zij thuiskwam, was er een groot feest aan de gang, dat Nabal had georganiseerd. Hij was erg uitgelaten en stomdronken, daarom vertelde zij hem pas de volgende morgen over haar ontmoeting met David. 37 Nadat hij zijn roes uitgeslapen had, vertelde zijn vrouw wat er was gebeurd en kreeg hij een hartaanval. 38 Tien dagen later trof de Here Nabal zo zwaar dat hij stierf.
39 Toen David hoorde dat Nabal dood was, zei hij: ‘Prijs de Here! God heeft het Nabal betaald gezet en ervoor gezorgd dat ik het niet zelf hoefde te doen. Hij heeft zijn verdiende loon gekregen voor zijn zonde.’ Zonder verder tijd te verspillen, stuurde David boodschappers naar Abigaïl met de vraag of zij zijn vrouw wilde worden. 40 Toen de boodschappers in Karmel kwamen en haar vertelden waarvoor zij waren gekomen, 41 boog zij zich voor hen neer en zei: ‘Ik ben uw dienares en ik ben zelfs bereid de voeten van de knechten van mijn heer te wassen.’ 42 Zij maakte zich snel gereed, nam vijf van haar dienaressen mee, zadelde haar ezel en volgde de mannen naar David. Zo werd zij zijn vrouw.
43 David trouwde ook nog met Ahinoam uit Jizreël. 44 Kort daarvoor had koning Saul zijn dochter Michal, Davids eerste vrouw, uitgehuwelijkt aan een zekere Palti, de zoon van Laïs, die in Gallim woonde.
1 Samuel 25
New International Version
1 Samuel 25
New International Version
David, Nabal and Abigail
25 Now Samuel died,(A) and all Israel assembled and mourned(B) for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah.(C) Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.[a]
2 A certain man in Maon,(D) who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy.(E) He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing(F) in Carmel. 3 His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail.(G) She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.(H)
4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep. 5 So he sent ten young men and said to them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel and greet him in my name. 6 Say to him: ‘Long life to you! Good health(I) to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!(J)
7 “‘Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat(K) them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing. 8 Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever(L) you can find for them.’”
9 When David’s men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David’s name. Then they waited.
10 Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who(M) is this David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants are breaking away from their masters these days. 11 Why should I take my bread(N) and water, and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men coming from who knows where?”
12 David’s men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word. 13 David said to his men(O), “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went(P) up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.(Q)
14 One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings,(R) but he hurled insults at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat(S) us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing.(T) 16 Night and day they were a wall(U) around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 17 Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked(V) man that no one can talk to him.”
18 Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs[b] of roasted grain,(W) a hundred cakes of raisins(X) and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.(Y) 19 Then she told her servants, “Go on ahead;(Z) I’ll follow you.” But she did not tell(AA) her husband Nabal.
20 As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them. 21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing.(AB) He has paid(AC) me back evil(AD) for good. 22 May God deal with David,[c] be it ever so severely,(AE) if by morning I leave alive one male(AF) of all who belong to him!”
23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.(AG) 24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,(AH) and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. 25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool(AI),(AJ) and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent. 26 And now, my lord, as surely as the Lord your God lives and as you live, since the Lord has kept you from bloodshed(AK) and from avenging(AL) yourself with your own hands, may your enemies and all who are intent on harming my lord be like Nabal.(AM) 27 And let this gift,(AN) which your servant has brought to my lord, be given to the men who follow you.
28 “Please forgive(AO) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting(AP) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,(AQ) and no wrongdoing(AR) will be found in you as long as you live. 29 Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life,(AS) the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl(AT) away as from the pocket of a sling.(AU) 30 When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler(AV) over Israel, 31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord your God has brought my lord success, remember(AW) your servant.”(AX)
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise(AY) be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. 33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed(AZ) this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. 34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal(BA) would have been left alive by daybreak.”
35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted(BB) your request.”
36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high(BC) spirits and very drunk.(BD) So she told(BE) him nothing at all until daybreak. 37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.(BF) 38 About ten days later, the Lord struck(BG) Nabal and he died.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”
Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”
41 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.” 42 Abigail(BH) quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife. 43 David had also married Ahinoam(BI) of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.(BJ) 44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel[d](BK) son of Laish, who was from Gallim.(BL)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 25:1 Hebrew and some Septuagint manuscripts; other Septuagint manuscripts Maon
- 1 Samuel 25:18 That is, probably about 60 pounds or about 27 kilograms
- 1 Samuel 25:22 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew with David’s enemies
- 1 Samuel 25:44 Hebrew Palti, a variant of Paltiel
1 Samuel 25
King James Version
1 Samuel 25
King James Version
25 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
5 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:
6 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.
7 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.
8 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.
9 And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
10 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.
11 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?
12 So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
13 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.
14 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.
15 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:
16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17 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.
18 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.
19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
21 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.
22 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.
23 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,
24 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.
25 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.
26 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.
27 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.
28 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.
29 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.
30 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;
31 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.
32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
33 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.
34 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.
35 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.
36 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.
37 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.
38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.
39 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.
40 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.
41 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.
42 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.
43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
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