1 Samuel 25:1-6 ▼

1 When Samuel (his name is El) died, all Israel (he wrestles with God) gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah (hill). Then David (beloved) set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran [Maon].

2 Now there was a man in Maon (habitation) whose business was in Carmel (garden-land). He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

3 His name was Nabal (fool), and his wife’s name was Abigail (my father is joy). She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

4 While David (beloved) was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal (fool) was shearing sheep.

5 So David (beloved) sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal (fool) at Carmel (garden-land). Greet him in my name

6 and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.