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David, Nabal, and Abigail
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|1 Samuel 25:1| Samuel died, a and all Israel assembled to mourn for him, b and they buried him by his home in Ramah. c David then went down to the Wilderness of Paran. 1 d
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|1 Samuel 25:2| A man in Maon e had a business in Carmel; f he was a very rich man with 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats and was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
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|1 Samuel 25:3| The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite, g was harsh and evil in his dealings.
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|1 Samuel 25:4| While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep,
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|1 Samuel 25:5| so David sent 10 young men instructing them, “Go up to Carmel, and when you come to Nabal, greet him in my name. 2
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|1 Samuel 25:6| Then say this: ‘Long life to you, 3 and peace to you, to your family, and to all that is yours. h
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|1 Samuel 25:7| I hear that you are shearing. 4 When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel. i
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|1 Samuel 25:8| Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on a feast 5 day. j Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”
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|1 Samuel 25:9| David’s young men went and said all these things to Nabal on David’s behalf, 6 and they waited. 7
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|1 Samuel 25:10| Nabal asked them, “Who is David? k Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.
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