1 Samuel 25:23-27

English Standard Version

²³ When Abigail saw David, she hurried ^(A)and got down from the donkey ^(B)and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground. ²⁴ She fell at his feet and said, ^(C)“On me alone, my lord, be the guilt. Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant. ²⁵ Let not my lord regard ^(D)this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal^[a] is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. ²⁶ Now then, my lord, ^(E)as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, because ^(F)the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from ^(G)saving with your own hand, now then ^(H)let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now let this ^(I)present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.