¹⁶ And when he had brought him down, there they were, spread out over all the land, ^(A)eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil which they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

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. 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 ^(B)struck Nabal, and he died.

²⁵ Please, let not my lord ^[a]regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: ^[b]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.

¹⁰ Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, ^(A)“Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master. ^11 (B)Shall I then take my bread and my water and my ^[a]meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?”