| 1SM:25:3 | Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb. |
| 1SM:25:4 | Therefore, when David, in the desert, had heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep, |
| 1SM:25:5 | he sent ten young men, and he said to them: "Ascend to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name peacefully. |
| 1SM:25:9 | And when the servants of David had arrived, they spoke to Nabal all these words in the name of David. And then they were silent. |
| 1SM:25:10 | But Nabal, responding to the servants of David, said: "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today, servants who are fleeing from their lords are increasing. |
| 1SM:25:14 | Then it was reported to Abigail, the wife of Nabal, by one of his servants, saying: "Behold, David has sent messengers from the desert, so that they might speak kindly to our lord. But he turned them away. |
| 1SM:25:19 | And she said to her servants: "Go before me. Behold, I will follow after your back." But she did not reveal it to her husband, Nabal. |
| 1SM:25:25 | Let not my lord, the king, I beseech you, set his heart upon this iniquitous man, Nabal. For in accord with his name, he is senseless, and foolishness is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see your servants, my lord, whom you had sent. |
| 1SM:25:26 | Now therefore, my lord, as your soul lives, and as the Lord lives, who has kept your hand to yourself, and has prevented you from coming to blood: now, let your enemies be like Nabal, and like all those who are seeking evil for my lord. |
| 1SM:25:34 | But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall." |
| 1SM:25:36 | Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning. |
| 1SM:25:37 | Then, at first light, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone. |
| 1SM:25:38 | And after ten days had passed, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died. |
| 1SM:25:39 | And when David had heard that Nabal was dead, he said: "Blessed is the Lord, who has judged the case of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and who has preserved his servant from evil. And the Lord has repaid the malice of Nabal upon his own head." Then David sent and he spoke with Abigail, so that he might take her to himself as wife. |
| 1SM:27:3 | And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men: each man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam, the Jezreelite, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel. |