Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
When
Samuel died
, all Israel gathered to
mourn for him ;
and they
buried
him at
his home
in Ramah .
Then
David set
out
and went
down to
the Wilderness of Paran.
And
Samuel dieth
, and
all Israel are
gathered ,
and
mourn for him ,
and bury
him in
his house,
in Ramah ;
and
David riseth
and goeth
down unto
the wilderness of Paran.
Now
there was
a man in Maon whose
business
was
in Carmel .
He
was
a
very
wealthy
man with
a
thousand
goats
and three thousand sheep, which
he was
shearing in Carmel.
And
`
there is'
a man in Maon ,
and
his
work
`is'
in Carmel ;
and
the
man `is'
very
great,
and he
hath
three thousand sheep, and
a
thousand
goats;
and
he is
shearing his
flock
in Carmel.
His
name was
Nabal, and his
wife’s
name was
Abigail .
She
was
an
intelligent
and beautiful
woman ,
but
her
husband
, a
Calebite
, was
harsh
and evil in his
dealings
.
And
the
name of
the
man
`is'
Nabal, and the
name of
his
wife
Abigail ,
and the
woman `is'
of
good
understanding
, and
of
fair
form
, and the
man
`is'
hard
and
evil `
in '
doings;
and
he
`is'
a
Calebite
.
While
David was
in the wilderness ,
he
heard
that Nabal was
shearing sheep.
And
David heareth
in the wilderness that Nabal is
shearing his
flock,
So
David sent
ten young men and instructed
them
, “
Go up to Nabal
at
Carmel .
Greet
him in my name
and
David sendeth
ten young men ,
and David
saith
to
the
young
men
, `
Go ye
up to Carmel ,
and
ye
have
come
in
unto
Nabal,
and
asked
of
him in my name of
welfare,
and say
to him,
‘Long
life to
you,
and peace to
you
and your
house and to
all that belongs
to
you.
and said
thus:
To life !
and thou,
peace ;
and thy
house ,
peace;
and all that thou
hast
--
peace!
Now I hear
that it
is
time
for
shearing.
When
your
shepherds were
with us, we did
not harass
them, and
nothing
of
theirs
was
missing
the whole
time
they
were
in Carmel.
and,
now ,
I have
heard
that thou
hast
shearers;
now,
the
shepherds whom
thou
hast
have
been
with us, we have
not put
them to
shame
, nor
hath
anything
been
looked
after
by
them,
all
the days
of
their
being
in Carmel.
Ask your
young men, and they will
tell
you.
So
let
my
young men find favor
with
you
, for we have come on
the
day
of
a
feast.
Please
give whatever
you
can
afford
to your
servants and to your
son David. ’”
`
Ask thy
young men, and they declare
to
thee,
and
the
young men find grace
in
thine
eyes
, for on
a
good
day
we have come ;
give ,
I
pray
thee,
that
which
thy
hand
findeth,
to thy
servants ,
and to thy
son ,
to
David. '
When
David’s
young men arrived
, they
relayed
all these words to
Nabal
on
behalf
of David .
Then
they
waited
.
And
the
young men of
David
come
in
, and
speak
unto
Nabal
according
to
all these words ,
in
the
name
of David --
and
rest
.
But
Nabal asked
them
, “
Who is David ?
Who is
this
son of Jesse? Many
servants these
days
are breaking away from their
masters.
And
Nabal answereth
the
servants
of
David
and
saith
, `
Who `
is '
David ,
and
who the
son of Jesse? to-day
have
servants been
multiplied
who
are breaking away each
from his
master;
Why
should
I take
my bread and water and the
meat
I have
slaughtered for my shearers, and give
them
to these
men whose
origin
I do
not know?”
and
I have
taken
my bread ,
and my
water ,
and my
flesh,
which
I slaughtered for my shearers, and have
given
`it'
to men whom
I have
not known
whence
they
`are'!'
So
David’s
men turned
around
and went
back, and they
relayed
to him all these words.
And
the
young
men of
David
turn
on
their
way,
and turn
back, and come
in,
and
declare
to him according
to
all these words.
And David said
to his men, “Strap
on your
swords!”
So
David
and all
his men
put
on their
swords
, and about four hundred men followed
David
, while
two hundred stayed
with
the supplies
.
And David saith
to his men, `Gird
ye
on each
his
sword;'
and they
gird
on
each
his sword,
and
David
also
girdeth
on his
sword
, and there
go
up
after
David
about four hundred men, and
two hundred have
remained
by
the vessels
.
Meanwhile,
one
of Nabal’s
young men
informed
Nabal’s
wife
Abigail
, “Look
, David sent messengers from
the wilderness to greet
our master
, but
he scolded
them .
And
to
Abigail
wife
of Nabal
hath
one
young man
of
the
youths
declared
, saying
, `Lo,
David hath
sent messengers out
of
the wilderness to bless
our lord
, and
he flieth
upon
them ;
Yet
these
men were
very good to us .
When
we
were
in
the
field
, we
were
not harassed
, and nothing
of
ours
went
missing
the whole
time
we lived
among
them .
and
the
men `are'
very good to us, and
have
not put
us
to
shame
, and we
have
not
looked
after
anything
all
the days
we have
gone
up
and
down
with
them ,
in
our
being
in
the
field;
They
were
a wall around
us ,
both day
and
night, the whole
time
we
were
herding
our sheep
near
them.
a wall they
have
been
unto
us both by
night and
by
day
, all
the days
of
our being
with
them ,
feeding
the
flock
.
Now consider carefully
what you
must
do,
because
disaster
looms
over
our master
and all his household.
For
he is such
a scoundrel
that
nobody
can
speak
to him!”
`And,
now ,
know
and
consider what thou
dost;
for
evil
hath
been
determined
against
our lord,
and against
all his house,
and
he `
is '
too
much
a son
of
worthlessness
to be
spoken
to.'
Then
Abigail hurried
and took
two hundred loaves of
bread
, two skins
of wine, five butchered
sheep, five seahs
of roasted grain
, a hundred clusters
of raisins, and two hundred cakes
of figs .
She
loaded
them on donkeys
And
Abigail hasteth,
and taketh
two hundred loaves, and
two bottles
of wine, and
five sheep, prepared,
and
five measures
of roasted corn
, and
a hundred bunches
of raisins, and two hundred bunches
of figs ,
and
setteth
`
them '
on the
asses.
and said
to her young men, “Go
ahead
of
me .
I
will
be
right
behind
you .”
But
she
did
not
tell
her husband Nabal .
And she
saith
to her young men, `Pass
over
before
me ;
lo,
after
you I
am
coming;'
and
to
her husband Nabal she
hath
not
declared
`it';
As
Abigail
came
riding
her
donkey
into
a
mountain
ravine
, she saw
David and his men coming down toward
her, and she met
them.
and
it
hath
come
to
pass
, she is
riding
on
the
ass
and
is
coming
down
in
the
secret
part
of
the
hill-country,
and
lo,
David and his men are
coming down to
meet
her, and she meeteth
them.
Now
David had
just
finished
saying
, “
In vain I have protected
all that belonged
to
this man
in the wilderness .
Nothing that belongs
to
him
has
gone
missing
, yet
he has
paid
me
back evil for good .
And
David said
, `Only,
in vain I have kept
all that this `one'
hath
in the wilderness ,
and
nothing hath
been
looked
after
of
all
that he
hath
, and
he turneth
back to
me
evil for good ;
May
God punish
David, and ever
so
severely
, if I let
one
of Nabal’s
men
survive
until
morning. ”
thus
doth
God do
to
the
enemies
of
David, and thus
He
doth
add
, if I leave
of all
that
he
hath
till
the
light
of
the
morning --
of
those
sitting
on
the
wall
. '
When
Abigail saw
David, she
quickly
got
off the donkey,
fell
facedown
, and bowed
before him.
And
Abigail seeth
David, and
hasteth
and
cometh
down
from
off the ass
, and falleth
before David
on
her
face,
and
boweth
herself
to
the
earth,
She
fell
at his feet and said
, “
My lord, may
the blame
be
on
me
alone,
but
please
let your
servant
speak to
you;
hear the words of your
servant
.
and
falleth
at his feet and saith
, `On
me,
my lord, the iniquity;
and
let ,
I
pray
thee,
thy
handmaid
speak in
thine
ear,
and
hear the words of thy
handmaid
.
My lord should
pay
no
attention
to this scoundrel
Nabal, for he
lives
up
to
his name :
His name means
Fool
, and folly accompanies
him .
I, your
servant
, did not see my
lord’s
young men whom you
sent.
`Let
not,
I
pray
thee,
my lord set
his
heart
to this man
of
worthlessness,
on
Nabal, for as
his name `is'
so
`is'
he;
Nabal
`is'
his name, and folly `is'
with
him ;
and
I, thine
handmaid
, did not see the
young men of
my
lord
whom thou
didst
send;
Now, my lord, as
surely
as
the
LORD
lives
and you
yourself
live
, the
LORD
has
held
you
back
from coming to
bloodshed
and
avenging
yourself
with your
own
hand .
May
your
enemies and
those who
seek
harm
for
my lord be
like
Nabal
.
and
now, my lord, Jehovah
liveth,
and thy
soul
liveth
, in
that
Jehovah
hath
withheld
thee
from coming in
with blood,
and
to
save
thy
hand to
thee
--
now
let
thine
enemies be
as
Nabal,
even
those seeking
evil
unto
my lord.
Now let
this gift
your
servant has
brought to my lord be
given to the young men who follow
you
.
`And,
now ,
this blessing
which
thy
maid-
servant hath
brought to my lord --
it
hath
been
given to the young men who are
going
up
and
down
at
the
feet
of
my
lord
.
Please
forgive
your
servant’s
offense
, for
the LORD
will
surely
make a lasting
dynasty
for my lord, because
he
fights
the
LORD’s
battles.
May
no
evil be
found in you
as
long
as
you
live
.
`Bear
, I
pray
thee,
with
the transgression
of
thy
handmaid,
for
Jehovah
doth
certainly
make to
my
lord
a stedfast
house;
for the
battles
of
Jehovah
hath
my lord fought
, and
evil is
not
found in thee
`all'
thy
days
.
And should
someone
pursue you
and seek your
life
, then
the life
of my lord will
be
bound securely
by
the
LORD
your
God
in the bundle of the living.
But
He shall
fling
away
the lives
of your
enemies
like
stones
from
a
sling.
And man
riseth
to
pursue thee
and to
seek thy
soul
, and
the soul
of my lord hath
been
bound in the bundle of life
with
Jehovah
thy
God;
as
to
the soul
of
thine
enemies,
He doth
sling
them
out
in
the midst
of the
hollow
of
the
sling.
When the
LORD
has
done
for
my lord all the good He promised
, and when
He
has
appointed you
ruler
over Israel,
`And
it
hath
been,
when Jehovah
doth
to
my lord according
to
all the good which
He hath
spoken
concerning
thee
, and appointed thee
for
leader
over Israel,
then
my lord will
have
no
remorse
or guilt
of
conscience
over
needless
bloodshed
and
revenge.
And when
the
LORD
has
dealt
well
with
my lord, may
you
remember
your
maidservant
. ”
that
this
is
not
to
thee
for
a
stumbling-block,
and
for
an
offence
of
heart
to
my lord --
either
to
shed
blood
for
nought,
or my
lord's
restraining
himself;
and Jehovah
hath
done
good
to
my lord, and
thou
hast
remembered
thy
handmaid
. '
Then
David said
to Abigail, “
Blessed be
the
LORD
, the
God of Israel, who sent you
to meet me this
day!
And
David saith
to Abigail, `
Blessed `is'
Jehovah
, God of Israel, who hath
sent thee
this
day
to meet me ,
Blessed is your
discernment
, and blessed are
you,
because
today
you
kept
me from bloodshed
and from
avenging
myself
by
my own
hand.
and
blessed `
is '
thy
discretion
, and blessed `art'
thou
in
that
thou
hast
restrained
me this
day
from coming
in
with
blood,
and to
restrain
my hand to
myself
.
Otherwise
, as
surely
as
the
LORD
, the
God of Israel, lives,
who has
restrained
me from harming
you
, if
you
had
not
come quickly
to meet me, then
surely no
male
belonging
to
Nabal
would
have
been left alive
by
morning
light. ”
And
yet
, Jehovah
liveth
, God of Israel, who hath
kept
me back
from doing
evil
with
thee
, for
unless
thou
hadst
hasted,
and
dost
come to meet me, surely there
had
not
been left to
Nabal
till
the
light of
the
morning,
of
those
sitting
on
the
wall
. '
Then
David accepted
from her hand what
she had
brought him, and he
said
to her, “
Go home
in peace .
See, I have heeded
your
voice and granted
your
request
. ”
And
David receiveth
from her hand that
which
she hath
brought to
him, and to her he
hath
said
, `
Go up
in peace to
thy
house;
see, I have hearkened
to
thy
voice ,
and accept
thy
face
. '
When
Abigail returned
to
Nabal, there
he was
in the
house, holding
a
feast
fit
for
a king, in
high
spirits
and very
drunk .
So
she told
him nothing
until
morning
light.
And
Abigail cometh
in
unto
Nabal, and
lo,
he hath
a
banquet
in his
house, like
a banquet
of
the
king, and the
heart
of
Nabal
`is'
glad
within
him,
and
he
`is'
drunk unto
excess,
and
she hath
not
declared
to
him anything,
less
or
more,
till
the
light of
the
morning
.
In the morning when Nabal was
sober
, his wife told
him about
these events
, and his heart failed
within him and he became
like
a stone.
And
it
cometh
to
pass
in the morning ,
when the
wine
is
gone
out
from
Nabal, that
his wife declareth
to
him these things
, and his heart dieth
within him ,
and he hath
been
as
a stone.
About ten days later
, the
LORD
struck
Nabal dead.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
`in'
about ten days, that
Jehovah
smiteth
Nabal ,
and
he
dieth,
On
hearing
that Nabal was
dead, David
said
, “
Blessed be
the
LORD,
who has
upheld
my
cause
against
the reproach of Nabal and has
restrained
His servant from evil .
For
the
LORD
has
brought
the wickedness of Nabal down
upon
his own head .”
Then
David sent
word
to
Abigail, asking
for
her in
marriage
.
and
David
heareth
that Nabal `is'
dead, and
saith
, `
Blessed `is'
Jehovah
who hath
pleaded
the cause
of
my
reproach from
the
hand
of Nabal ,
and His servant hath
kept
back
from evil ,
and
the wickedness of Nabal hath
Jehovah
turned
back
on
his own head ;'
and
David sendeth
and
speaketh
with
Abigail, to
take
her to
him
for
a
wife
.
When
his
servants came
to
Abigail at Carmel, they
said
, “
David has
sent us to take you
as
his
wife. ”
And
the
servants of
David
come
in
unto
Abigail at Carmel, and
speak
unto
her
, saying,
`
David hath
sent us unto
thee
to take thee
to
him
for
a
wife. '
She arose,
then
bowed
facedown
and said,
“Here
is
your
maidservant,
ready
to serve
and to wash the feet of my
lord’s
servants. ”
And
she riseth
and boweth
herself
--
face
to the
earth
--
and saith,
`Lo,
thy
handmaid
`is'
for
a
maid-servant
to wash the feet of the
servants of
my
lord
. '
So
Abigail hurried
and got
on
a
donkey
, and attended
by
five of her maidens,
she followed
David’s
messengers and became
his
wife.
And
Abigail hasteth
and riseth
, and rideth
on
the
ass;
and
five of her young
women
who
are
going
at
her
feet;
and
she goeth
after
the
messengers of
David,
and is
to
him
for
a
wife.
David
had
also
married
Ahinoam of
Jezreel .
So
she
and Abigail
were
both his
wives .
And
Ahinoam hath
David
taken
from
Jezreel ,
and they
are
--
even
both of
them
--
to
him
for
wives ;
But
Saul had
given
his daughter Michal
, David’s
wife, to Palti
son of Laish, who was
from
Gallim.
and
Saul gave
Michal
his daughter, wife to
David
, to Phalti
son of Laish, who `is'
of
Gallim.
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