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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
Dauid
arose,
&
went
downe
to
the
wildernesse
of
Paran.
2
And
there
was
a
man
in
Maon,
whose
possessions
were
in
Carmel,
and
the
man
was
very
great,
and
hee
had
three
thousand
sheepe,
and
a
thousand
goates:
and
he
was
shearing
his
sheepe
in
Carmel.
3
Now
the
name
of
the
man
was
Nabal,
and
the
name
of
his
wife,
Abigail:
and
shee
was
a
woman
of
good
vnderstanding,
and
of
a
beautifull
countenance:
but
the
man
was
churlish
and
euill
in
his
doings,
and
hee
was
of
the
house
of
Caleb.
4
And
Dauid
heard
in
the
wildernesse,
that
Nabal
did
sheare
his
sheepe.
5
And
Dauid
sent
out
ten
yong
men,
and
Dauid
said
vnto
the
young
men,
Get
you
vp
to
Carmel,
and
goe
to
Nabal,
and
greete
him
in
my
name;
6
And
thus
shall
ye
say
to
him
that
liueth
in
prosperitie,
Peace
be
both
to
thee,
and
peace
be
to
thine
house,
and
peace
be
vnto
all
that
thou
hast.
7
And
now,
I
haue
heard
that
thou
hast
shearers:
now
thy
shepheards
which
were
with
vs,
wee
hurt
them
not,
neither
was
there
ought
missing
vnto
them,
all
the
while
they
were
in
Carmel.
8
Aske
thy
yong
men,
and
they
will
shew
thee:
wherefore
let
the
yong
men
finde
fauour
in
thine
eyes:
(for
we
come
in
a
good
day)
giue,
I
pray
thee,
whatsoeuer
commeth
to
thine
hand,
vnto
thy
seruants,
and
to
thy
sonne
Dauid.
9
And
when
Dauids
yong
men
came,
they
spake
to
Nabal
according
to
all
those
words
in
the
name
of
Dauid,
and
ceased.
10
And
Nabal
answered
Dauids
seruants,
and
said,
Who
is
Dauid?
and
who
is
the
sonne
of
Iesse?
There
bee
many
seruants
now
a
daies
that
breake
away
euery
man
from
his
master.
11
Shall
I
then
take
my
bread
and
my
water,
and
my
flesh
that
I
haue
killed
for
my
shearers,
and
giue
it
vnto
men,
whom
I
know
not
whence
they
bee?
12
So
Dauids
yong
men
turned
their
way,
and
went
againe,
and
came
and
told
him
all
those
sayings.
13
And
Dauid
said
vnto
his
men,
Gird
you
on
euery
man
his
sword.
And
they
girded
on
euery
man
his
sword,
and
Dauid
also
girded
on
his
sword:
and
there
went
vp
after
Dauid
about
foure
hundred
men,
and
two
hundred
abode
by
the
stuffe.
14
But
one
of
the
yong
men
told
Abigail
Nabals
wife,
saying,
Behold,
Dauid
sent
messengers
out
of
the
wildernesse
to
salute
our
master:
and
he
railed
on
them.
15
But
the
men
were
very
good
vnto
vs,
and
we
were
not
hurt,
neither
missed
we
any
thing
as
long
as
wee
were
conuersant
with
them,
when
we
were
in
the
fields.
16
They
were
a
wall
vnto
vs
both
by
night
and
day,
all
the
while
we
were
with
them
keeping
sheepe.
17
Now
therefore
know
and
consider
what
thou
wilt
doe:
for
euill
is
determined
against
our
master,
and
against
all
his
houshold:
for
he
is
such
a
sonne
of
Belial,
that
a
man
cannot
speake
to
him.
18
Then
Abigail
made
haste,
and
tooke
two
hundred
loaues,
and
two
bottles
of
wine,
and
fiue
sheepe
readie
dressed,
and
fiue
measures
of
parched
corne,
and
an
hundred
clusters
of
raisins,
and
two
hundred
cakes
of
figges,
and
laid
them
on
asses.
19
And
she
said
vnto
her
seruants,
Goe
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
asse,
that
she
came
downe
by
the
couert
of
the
hill,
and
behold,
Dauid
and
his
men
came
downe
against
her,
and
she
met
them.
21
(Now
Dauid
had
said,
Surely
in
vaine
haue
I
kept
all
that
this
fellow
hath
in
the
wildernesse,
so
that
nothing
was
missed
of
all
that
pertained
vnto
him:
and
he
hath
requited
me
euil
for
good.
22
So
and
more
also
doe
God
vnto
the
enemies
of
Dauid,
if
I
leaue
of
all
that
pertaine
to
him
by
the
morning
light,
any
that
pisseth
against
the
wall.)
23
And
when
Abigail
saw
Dauid,
she
hasted,
and
lighted
off
the
asse,
and
fell
before
Dauid
on
her
face,
and
bowed
her
selfe
to
the
ground,
24
And
fell
at
his
feet,
and
said,
Upon
me,
my
lord,
vpon
me
let
this
iniquitie
be,
and
let
thine
handmaid,
I
pray
thee,
speake
in
thine
audience,
and
heare
the
words
of
thine
handmaid.
25
Let
not
my
lord,
I
pray
thee,
regard
this
man
of
Belial,
euen
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
yong
men
of
my
lord,
whom
thou
didst
send.
26
Now
therefore,
my
lord,
as
the
Lord
liueth,
and
as
thy
soule
liueth,
seeing
the
Lord
hath
withholden
thee
from
comming
to
shed
blood,
and
from
auenging
thy
selfe
with
thine
owne
hand:
now
let
thine
enemies
and
they
that
secke
euill
to
my
lord,
bee
as
Nabal.
27
And
now
this
blessing
which
thine
handmaid
hath
brought
vnto
my
lord,
let
it
euen
be
giuen
vnto
the
yong
men
that
follow
my
lord.
28
I
pray
thee,
forgiue
the
trespasse
of
thine
handmaide:
for
the
Lord
will
certainely
make
my
lord
a
sure
house,
because
my
lord
fighteth
the
battels
of
the
Lord,
and
euill
hath
not
bene
found
in
thee
all
thy
dayes.
29
Yet
a
man
is
risen
to
pursue
thee,
and
to
seeke
thy
soule:
but
the
soule
of
my
lord
shall
be
bound
in
the
bundle
of
life
with
the
Lord
thy
God,
and
the
soules
of
thine
enemies,
them
shall
he
sling
out,
as
out
of
the
middle
of
a
sling.
30
And
it
shall
come
to
passe
when
the
Lord
shal
haue
done
to
my
lord,
according
to
all
the
good
that
hee
hath
spoken
concerning
thee,
and
shall
haue
appointed
thee
ruler
ouer
Israel;
31
That
this
shall
bee
no
griefe
vnto
thee,
nor
offence
of
heart
vnto
my
lord,
either
that
thou
hast
shed
blood
causelesse,
or
that
my
lord
hath
auenged
himselfe:
But
when
the
Lord
shall
haue
dealt
well
with
my
lord,
then
remember
thine
handmayd.
32
And
Dauid
sayd
to
Abigail,
Blessed
be
the
Lord
God
of
Israel,
which
sent
thee
this
day
to
meet
me.
33
And
blessed
bee
thy
aduice,
and
blessed
be
thou,
which
hast
kept
me
this
day
from
comming
to
shed
blood,
and
from
auenging
my
selfe
with
mine
owne
hand.
34
For
in
very
deed,
as
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
liueth,
which
hath
kept
mee
backe
from
hurting
thee,
except
thou
hadst
hasted
and
come
to
meet
me,
surely
there
had
not
bene
left
vnto
Nabal,
by
the
morning
light,
any
that
pisseth
against
the
wall.
35
So
Dauid
receiued
of
her
hand
that
which
shee
had
brought
him,
and
sayd
vnto
her,
Goe
vp
in
peace
to
thine
house;
See,
I
haue
hearkened
to
thy
voyce,
and
haue
accepted
thy
person.
36
And
Abigail
came
to
Nabal,
and
behold,
he
held
a
feast
in
his
house
like
the
feast
of
a
king;
&
Nabals
heart
was
merry
within
him,
for
hee
was
very
drunken:
wherefore
shee
tolde
him
nothing,
lesse
or
more,
vntill
the
morning
light.
37
But
it
came
to
passe
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
passe
about
ten
dayes
after,
that
the
Lord
smote
Nabal,
that
he
died.
39
And
when
Dauid
heard
that
Nabal
was
dead,
he
said,
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
that
hath
pleaded
the
cause
of
my
reproch
from
the
hand
of
Nabal,
and
hath
kept
his
seruant
from
euil:
for
the
Lord
hath
returned
the
wickednesse
of
Nabal
vpon
his
owne
head.
And
Dauid
sent,
and
communed
with
Abigail,
to
take
her
to
him
to
wife.
40
And
when
the
seruants
of
Dauid
were
come
to
Abigail
to
Carmel,
they
spake
vnto
her,
saying,
Dauid
sent
vs
vnto
thee,
to
take
thee
to
him
to
wife.
41
And
shee
arose,
and
bowed
her
selfe
on
her
face
to
the
earth,
and
sayd,
Beholde,
let
thine
handmayd
bee
a
seruant
to
wash
the
feet
of
the
seruants
of
my
lord.
42
And
Abigail
hasted,
and
rose,
and
rode
vpon
an
asse,
with
fiue
damosels
of
hers
that
went
after
her;
and
she
went
after
the
messengers
of
Dauid,
and
became
his
wife.
43
Dauid
also
tooke
Ahinoam
of
Iezreel,
and
they
were
also
both
of
them
his
wiues.
44
But
Saul
had
giuen
Michal
his
daughter,
Dauids
wife,
to
Phalti
the
sonne
of
Laish,
which
was
of
Gallim.
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