1And Samuel died, and all Israel was gathered…
2Now there was a certain man in the…
3Now the name of the man was Nabal:…
4And when David heard in the wilderness that…
5He sent ten young men, and said to…
6And you shall say: Peace be to my…
7I heard that thy shepherds that were with…
8Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee.…
9And when David’s servants came, they spoke to…
10But Nabal answering the servants of David, said:…
11Shall I then take my bread, and my…
12So the servants of David went back their…
13Then David said to his young men: Let…
14But one of the servants told Abigail the…
15These men were very good to us, and…
16They were a wall unto us both by…
17Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to…
18Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred…
19And she said to her servants: Go before…
20And when she had gotten upon an ass,…
21And David said: Truly in vain have I…
22May God do so and so, and add…
23And when Abigail saw David she made haste…
24And she fell at his feet, and said:…
25Let not my lord the king, I pray,…
26Now therefore, my lord, the Lord liveth, and…
27Wherefore receive this blessing, which thy handmaid hath…
28Forgive the iniquity of thy handmaid: for the…
29For if a man at any time shall…
30And when the Lord shall have done to…
31This shall not be an occasion of grief…
32And David said to Abigail: Blessed be the…
33And blessed be thou, who hast kept me…
34Otherwise as the Lord liveth the God of…
35And David received at her hand all that…
36And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he…
37But early in the morning when Nabal had…
38And after ten days had passed, the Lord…
39And when David had heard that Nabal was…
40And David’s servants came to Abigail to Carmel,…
41And she arose and bowed herself down with…
42And Abigail arose, and made haste, and got…
43Moreover David took also Achinoam of Jezrahel: and…
44But Saul gave Michol his daughter, David’s wife,…
