¹² Now in the process of time the daughter of Shua, Judah’s wife, died; and Judah ^(A)was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

¹⁰ Then the border ^[a]turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to ^(A)Timnah.

³⁹ And ^[a]King David ^[b]longed to go to Absalom. For he had been ^(A)comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead.

Samson’s Philistine Wife

14 Now Samson went down ^(A)to Timnah, and ^(B)saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines.

⁶⁷ Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he ^(A)took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac ^(B)was comforted after his mother’s death.

Absalom Murders Amnon

²³ And it came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom ^(A)had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim; so Absalom invited all the king’s sons. ²⁴ Then Absalom came to the king and said, “Kindly note, your servant has sheepshearers; please, let the king and his servants go with your servant.”

²⁵ But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, let us not all go now, lest we be a burden to you.” Then he urged him, but he would not go; and he blessed him.

²⁶ Then Absalom said, “If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us.”

And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?” ²⁷ But Absalom urged him; so he let Amnon and all the king’s sons go with him.

²⁸ Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, “Watch now, when Amnon’s ^(B)heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon!’ then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and ^[a]valiant.” ²⁹ So the servants of Absalom ^(C)did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and each one got on ^(D)his mule and fled.

³⁶ Now Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was, ^(A)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.

⁴ When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was ^(A)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: ^(B)‘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, ^(C)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 ^[a]let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on ^(D)a feast day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’ ”

⁴³ Elon, Timnah, ^(A)Ekron,