1 Samuel 25:1-6 ▼

1 Samuel died, and all Israel assembled to mourn for him, and they buried him by his home in Ramah. David then went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

2 A man in Maon had a business in Carmel; he was a very rich man with three thousand sheep and one thousand goats and was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

3 The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name, Abigail. The woman was intelligent and beautiful, but the man, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep,

5 so David sent ten young men instructing them, “Go up to Carmel, and when you come to Nabal, greet him in my name.

6 Then say this: ‘Long life to you, and peace to you, peace to your family, and peace to all that is yours.