1 Samuel 25
New King James Version
Death of Samuel
25 Then (A)Samuel died; and the Israelites gathered together and (B)lamented for him, and buried him at his home in Ramah. And David arose and went down (C)to the Wilderness of [a]Paran.
David and the Wife of Nabal
2 Now there was a man (D)in Maon whose business was in (E)Carmel, and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of the house of (F)Caleb.
4 When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was (G)shearing his sheep, 5 David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. 6 And thus you shall say to him who lives in prosperity: (H)‘Peace be to you, peace to your house, and peace to all that you have! 7 Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds were with us, and we did not hurt them, (I)nor was there anything missing from them all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore [b]let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on (J)a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”
9 So when David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and waited.
10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, (K)“Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master. 11 (L)Shall I then take my bread and my water and my [c]meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”
12 So David’s young men turned on their heels and went back; and they came and told him all these words. 13 Then David said to his men, “Every man gird on his sword.” So every man girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And about four hundred men went with David, and two hundred (M)stayed with the supplies.
14 Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master; and he [d]reviled them. 15 But the men were very good to us, and (N)we were not hurt, nor did we miss anything as long as we accompanied them, when we were in the fields. 16 They were (O)a wall to us both by night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep. 17 Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for (P)harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a (Q)scoundrel[e] that one cannot speak to him.”
18 Then Abigail made haste and (R)took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. 19 And she said to her servants, (S)“Go on before me; see, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
20 So it was, as she rode on the donkey, that she went down under cover of the hill; and there were David and his men, coming down toward her, and she met them. 21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has (T)repaid me evil for good. 22 (U)May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I (V)leave (W)one male of all who belong to him by morning light.”
23 Now when Abigail saw David, she (X)dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground. 24 So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant [f]speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant. 25 Please, let not my lord [g]regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: [h]Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent. 26 Now therefore, my lord, (Y)as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has (Z)held you back from coming to bloodshed and from (AA)avenging[i] yourself with your own hand, now then, (AB)let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal. 27 And now (AC)this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28 Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For (AD)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord (AE)fights the battles of the Lord, (AF)and evil is not found in you throughout your days. 29 Yet a man has risen to pursue you and seek your life, but the life of my lord shall be (AG)bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; and the lives of your enemies He shall (AH)sling out, as from the pocket of a sling. 30 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord has done for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you (AI)ruler over Israel, 31 that this will be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. But when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.”
32 Then David said to Abigail: (AJ)“Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33 And blessed is your advice and blessed are you, because you have (AK)kept me this day from coming to bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand. 34 For indeed, as the Lord God of Israel lives, who has (AL)kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely (AM)by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!” 35 So David received from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, (AN)“Go up in peace to your house. See, I have heeded your voice and (AO)respected your person.”
36 Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, (AP)holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; therefore she told him nothing, little or much, until morning light. 37 So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. 38 Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord (AQ)struck Nabal, and he died.
39 So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, (AR)“Blessed be the Lord, who has (AS)pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has (AT)kept His servant from evil! For the Lord has (AU)returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.”
And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 40 When the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her saying, “David sent us to you, to ask you to become his wife.”
41 Then she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, “Here is your maidservant, a servant to (AV)wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” 42 So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey, [j]attended by five of her maidens; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife. 43 David also took Ahinoam (AW)of Jezreel, (AX)and so both of them were his wives.
44 But Saul had given (AY)Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to [k]Palti the son of Laish, who was from (AZ)Gallim.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 25:1 So with MT, Syr., Tg., Vg.; LXX Maon
- 1 Samuel 25:8 be gracious to the young men
- 1 Samuel 25:11 Lit. slaughter
- 1 Samuel 25:14 scolded or scorned at
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Lit. son of Belial
- 1 Samuel 25:24 speak to you
- 1 Samuel 25:25 pay attention to
- 1 Samuel 25:25 Lit. Fool
- 1 Samuel 25:26 Lit. saving yourself
- 1 Samuel 25:42 Lit. with five of her maidens at her feet
- 1 Samuel 25:44 Paltiel, 2 Sam. 3:15
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.
Fyrri Samúelsbók 25
Icelandic Bible
25 Samúel dó, og allur Ísrael safnaðist saman og syrgði hann, og var hann grafinn hjá húsi sínu í Rama. Davíð tók sig upp og fór ofan í Maoneyðimörk.
2 En í Maon var maður, er bú átti í Karmel. Hann var auðugur mjög og átti þrjú þúsund sauðfjár og eitt þúsund geitur. Hann var þá að klippa sauði sína í Karmel.
3 Maður þessi hét Nabal og kona hans Abígail. Hún var kona vitur og fríð sýnum, en hann maður harður og illur viðureignar. Hann var af ætt Kalebs.
4 Og Davíð frétti í eyðimörkinni, að Nabal væri að klippa sauði sína.
5 Þá sendi Davíð tíu sveina. Og Davíð sagði við sveinana: "Farið til Karmel og gangið á fund Nabals og berið honum kveðju mína
6 og mælið svo við bróður minn: Heill sért þú og heill sé húsi þínu og heill sé öllu, sem þú átt.
7 Nú hefi ég heyrt, að verið sé að klippa sauði þína. Fjárhirðar þínir hafa með oss verið og vér höfum þeim ekkert mein gjört, enda hefir þeim einskis vant orðið allan þann tíma, er þeir hafa verið í Karmel.
8 Spyr þú sveina þína, og munu þeir segja þér hið sanna. Lát því sveinana finna náð í augum þínum, því að á hátíðardegi erum vér komnir. Gef því þjónum þínum og Davíð syni þínum það, sem þú hefir fyrir hendi."
9 Þegar sveinar Davíðs komu á fund Nabals, fluttu þeir honum öll þessi orð í nafni Davíðs og þögnuðu síðan.
10 En Nabal svaraði þjónum Davíðs og mælti: "Hver er Davíð? Og hver er Ísaíson? Margir gjörast þeir nú þrælarnir, sem strjúka frá húsbændum sínum.
11 Á ég að taka brauð mitt og vín og sláturfé mitt, sem ég hefi slátrað handa sauðaklippurum mínum, og gefa það mönnum, sem ég ekki einu sinni veit hvaðan eru?"
12 Þá sneru sveinar Davíðs á leið og hurfu aftur og komu og fluttu honum öll þessi orð.
13 Þá mælti Davíð til sinna manna: "Gyrðið yður nú, hver sínu sverði!" Og þeir gyrtu sig, hver sínu sverði. Síðan gyrtist og Davíð sínu sverði, og lögðu þeir nú af stað undir forystu Davíðs, um fjögur hundruð manns, en tvö hundruð urðu eftir hjá farangrinum.
14 Einn af sveinum Nabals sagði Abígail, konu Nabals, frá þessu og mælti: "Sjá, Davíð gjörði sendimenn úr eyðimörkinni með kveðju til húsbónda vors, en hann jós yfir þá fáryrðum.
15 Og menn þessir hafa þó verið mjög góðir við oss. Oss hefir ekkert mein verið gjört og oss hefir einskis vant orðið allan þann tíma, er vér héldum oss nálægt þeim, meðan vér vorum í haganum.
16 Þeir voru sem varnargarður í kringum oss bæði um nætur og daga allan þann tíma, er vér héldum fénu til haga nálægt þeim.
17 Hygg nú að og sjá til, hvað þú skalt gjöra, því að ógæfa er búin húsbónda vorum og öllu húsi hans, en hann er slíkt hrakmenni, að ekki má við hann mæla."
18 Þá brá Abígail við og tók tvö hundruð brauð og tvo vínlegla, fimm tilreidda sauði og fimm mæla af bökuðu korni, hundrað rúsínukökur og tvö hundruð fíkjukökur og klyfjaði með asna
19 og sagði við sveina sína: "Farið á undan mér, sjá, ég kem á eftir yður." En Nabal manni sínum sagði hún ekki frá þessu.
20 Og er hún kom ríðandi á asna ofan fjallið og var í hvarfi, sjá, þá kom Davíð með menn sína ofan í móti henni, og rakst hún þar á þá.
21 En Davíð hafði sagt: "Já, til einskis hefi ég varðveitt allt, sem sá maður átti á eyðimörkinni, svo að einskis varð vant af öllu, sem hann átti. Hann hefir launað mér gott með illu.
22 Guð láti Davíð gjalda þess nú og síðar, ef ég læt eftir verða einn karlmann af öllu því, sem hann á, þegar birtir á morgun."
23 En er Abígail sá Davíð, sté hún sem skjótast niður af asnanum og féll fram á ásjónu sína fyrir Davíð og laut til jarðar.
24 Og hún féll honum til fóta og mælti: "Sökin hvílir á mér, herra minn! Leyf ambátt þinni að tala við þig og hlýð á orð ambáttar þinnar.
25 Skeyt eigi, herra minn, um hrakmenni þetta, hann Nabal, því að hann ber nafn með réttu. Heimskingi heitir hann og heimskur er hann. En ég, ambátt þín, hefi ekki séð sveinana, er þú, herra minn, sendir.
26 Og nú, herra minn, svo sannarlega sem Drottinn lifir, og svo sannarlega sem þú lifir og Drottinn hefir aftrað þér frá að úthella blóði og hefna þín sjálfur, þá verði nú óvinir þínir sem Nabal og allir þeir, sem sitja um að gjöra þér illt, herra!
27 Og gáfu þessa, sem þerna þín hefir fært þér, herra minn, lát nú gefa hana sveinunum, sem eru í fylgd með þér, herra minn!
28 Fyrirgef afbrot ambáttar þinnar, því að veita mun Drottinn herra mínum staðfast hús, af því að herra minn heyir bardaga Drottins, og illt mun ekki finnast í fari þínu meðan þú lifir.
29 Og rísi einhver maður upp til þess að ofsækja þig og sitja um líf þitt, þá sé líf herra míns bundið í bundini lifandi manna hjá Drottni, Guði þínum, en lífi óvina þinna þeyti hann burt úr slöngvunni.
30 Og þegar Drottinn veitir þér, herra minn, öll þau gæði, er hann hefir þér heitið, og hefir skipað þig höfðingja yfir Ísrael,
31 þá mun það ekki verða þér til ásteytingar né herra mínum að samviskubiti, að herra minn hafi úthellt blóði að orsakalausu og hefnt sín sjálfur. En þegar Drottinn gjörir vel við þig, herra minn, þá minnstu ambáttar þinnar."
32 Þá mælti Davíð til Abígail: "Lofaður veri Drottinn, Ísraels Guð, sem sendi þig í dag á minn fund.
33 Og blessuð séu hyggindi þín og blessuð sért þú sjálf, sem aftrað hefir mér í dag frá að baka mér blóðskuld og að hefna mín sjálfur.
34 En svo sannarlega sem Drottinn, Ísraels Guð, lifir, sem varðveitt hefir mig frá að gjöra þér illt, hefðir þú eigi hraðað þér svo á minn fund, þá myndi eigi nokkur af mönnum Nabals hafa beðið morguns ódrepinn."
35 Og Davíð tók við því af henni, sem hún færði honum, og sagði við hana: "Far þú í friði heim til þín. Sjá, ég hefi hlýtt á mál þitt og veitt þér bæn þína."
36 Þegar Abígail kom til Nabals, þá hafði hann veislu í húsi sínu, sem konungsveisla væri. Var Nabal hinn kátasti og drukkinn mjög. Sagði hún honum ekkert, hvorki smátt né stórt, fyrr en birti morguninn eftir.
37 En um morguninn, þá er víman var runnin af Nabal, sagði kona hans honum öll þessi tíðindi. Þá dó hjartað í brjósti honum og hann varð sem steinn.
38 Og að eitthvað tíu dögum liðnum laust Drottinn Nabal, svo að hann dó.
39 Þegar Davíð frétti, að Nabal væri dáinn, mælti hann: "Lofaður sé Drottinn, sem hefnt hefir svívirðu minnar á Nabal og haldið hefir þjóni sínum frá illu. En illsku Nabals hefir Drottinn látið honum sjálfum í koll koma." Sendi þá Davíð menn til Abígail þess erindis, að hann vill fá hennar sér til eiginkonu.
40 Þjónar Davíðs komu til Abígail í Karmel og mæltu svo til hennar: "Davíð hefir sent oss á þinn fund þess erindis, að hann vill fá þín sér til eiginkonu."
41 Þá stóð hún upp og hneigði andlit sitt til jarðar og mælti: "Sjá, ambátt þín er þess albúin að gjörast þerna til þess að þvo fætur þjóna herra míns."
42 Síðan bjó Abígail sig í skyndi og steig á bak asna sínum, svo og meyjar hennar fimm, þær er með henni fóru. Hún fór með sendimönnum Davíðs og varð kona hans.
43 Akínóam frá Jesreel hafði Davíð fengið sér til eiginkonu, og báðar urðu þær konur hans.
44 En Sál hafði gefið Míkal dóttur sína, konu Davíðs, Paltí Laíssyni frá Gallím.
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