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Chapter 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
of
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.
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