1 Samuel 25

1At namatay si Samuel; at nagpipisan ang buong Israel, at pinanaghuyan siya, at inilibing siya sa kaniyang bahay sa Rama. At bumangon si David, at lumusong sa ilang ng Paran. 2At may isang lalake sa Maon, na ang mga pag-aari ay nasa Carmelo; at ang lalake ay lubhang dakila, at siya'y mayroong tatlong libong tupa, at isang libong kambing; at kaniyang ginugupitan ng balahibo ang kaniyang tupa sa Carmelo. 3Ang pangalan nga ng lalake ay Nabal; at ang pangalan ng kaniyang asawa ay Abigail: at ang babae ay matalino, at may magandang pagmumukha; nguni't ang lalake ay masungit at masama sa kaniyang mga gawa; at siya'y supling sa sangbahayan ni Caleb. 4At narinig ni David sa ilang na ginugupitan ni Nabal ng balahibo ang kaniyang tupa. 5At nagsugo si David ng sangpung bataan, at sinabi ni David sa mga bataan, Umahon kayo sa Carmelo, at kayo'y pumaroon kay Nabal, at batiin ninyo siya sa aking pangalan: 6At ganito ang sasabihin ninyo sa kaniya na nabubuhay na maginhawa, Kapayapaan nawa ang sumaiyo, at kapayapaan nawa ang sumaiyong sangbahayan, at kapayapaan nawa ang suma lahat ng iyong tinatangkilik. 7At ngayo'y aking narinig na ikaw ay nagpapagupit ng balahibo ng tupa; ang iyong mga pastor nga ay nasa sa amin, at hindi namin inano sila, o nagkulang man ng anomang bagay sa kanilang buong panahon na kanilang ikinaroon sa Carmelo. 8Tanungin mo ang iyong mga bataan at kanilang sasaysayin sa iyo: kaya't makasumpong nawa ng biyaya sa iyong mga mata ang mga bataan; sapagka't kami ay naparito sa mabuting araw: isinasamo ko sa iyo, na ibigay mo ang anomang masumpungan mo ng iyong kamay, sa iyong mga lingkod, at sa iyong anak na kay David. 9At nang dumating ang mga bataan ni David, kanilang sinalita kay Nabal ang ayon sa lahat ng mga salitang yaon sa pangalan ni David, at nagsitahimik. 10At sinagot ni Nabal ang mga lingkod ni David, at nagsabi, Sino si David? at sino ang anak ni Isai? maraming mga bataan ngayon sa mga araw na ito na nagsisilayas bawa't isa sa kaniyang panginoon. 11Akin nga bang kukunin ang aking tinapay at ang aking tubig, at ang aking hayop na aking pinatay dahil sa aking mga manggugupit, at aking ibibigay sa mga tao na hindi ko nakikilala kung taga saan? 12Sa gayo'y ang mga bataan ni David ay pumihit sa kanilang lakad, at nagsibalik, at naparoon, at isinaysay sa kaniya ang ayon sa lahat ng mga salitang ito. 13At sinabi ni David sa kaniyang mga lalake, Ibigkis ng bawa't isa sa inyo ang kaniyang tabak. At nagbigkis ang bawa't isa ng kaniyang tabak; at si David ay nagbigkis din ng kaniyang tabak: at ang umahon na sumunod kay David ay may apat na raang lalake; at naiwan ang dalawang daan sa daladalahan. 14Nguni't isinaysay ng isa sa mga bataan kay Abigail, na asawa ni Nabal, na sinasabi, Narito, si David ay nagsugo ng mga sugo mula sa ilang upang bumati sa ating panginoon; at kaniyang tinanggihan. 15Nguni't ang mga lalake ay napakabuti sa amin, at hindi kami sinaktan, o nagkulang man ng anomang bagay habang kami ay nakikisama sa kanila, nang kami ay nasa mga parang: 16Sila'y naging kuta sa amin sa gabi at gayon din sa araw buong panahong aming ikinaroon sa kanila sa pagaalaga ng mga tupa. 17Ngayon nga'y iyong alamin at dilidilihin kung ano ang iyong gagawin; sapagka't ang kasamaan ay ipinasiya na laban sa ating panginoon, at laban sa kaniyang buong sangbahayan: sapagka't siya'y isang hamak na tao, na sinoma'y hindi makapakiusap sa kaniya. 18Nang magkagayo'y nagmadali si Abigail, at kumuha ng dalawang daang tinapay, at dalawang balat ng alak, at limang handang tupa, at limang takal ng trigo na sinangag, at isang daang kumpol na pasas, at dalawang daang binilong igos, at ipinagpapasan sa mga asno. 19At sinabi niya sa kaniyang mga bataan, Magpauna kayo sa akin; narito ako'y susunod sa inyo. Nguni't hindi niya isinaysay sa kaniyang asawang kay Nabal. 20At nagkagayon na samantalang siya'y nakasakay sa kaniyang asno at lumulusong sa isang kubling dako ng bundok na narito, si David at ang kaniyang mga lalake ay lumulusong na patungo sa kaniya, at sinalubong niya sila. 21Sinabi nga ni David, Tunay na walang kabuluhang aking iningatan ang lahat na tinatangkilik ng taong yaon sa ilang, na anopa't hindi nawala ang anoman sa lahat na nauukol sa kaniya: at kaniyang iginanti sa akin ay masama sa mabuti. 22Hatulan nawa ng Dios ang mga kaaway ni David, at lalo na, kung ako'y magiwan ng labis sa lahat na nauukol sa kaniya sa pagbubukang liwayway kahit isang batang lalake. 23At nang makita ni Abigail si David, ay nagmadali siya, at lumunsad sa kaniyang asno, at nagpatirapa sa harap ni David at yumukod sa lupa. 24At siya'y nagpatirapa sa kaniyang mga paa at nagsabi, Mapasa akin, panginoon ko, mapasa akin ang kasamaan: at isinasamo ko sa iyo na iyong papagsalitain ang iyong lingkod sa iyong mga pakinig, at iyong dinggin ang mga salita ng iyong lingkod. 25Isinasamo ko sa iyo, na ang aking panginoon ay huwag makitungo sa lalaking ito na hamak, sa makatuwid baga'y kay Nabal; sapagka't kung ano ang kaniyang pangalan ay gayon siya: Nabal ang kaniyang pangalan, at ang kamangmangan ay sumasakaniya: nguni't akong iyong lingkod, hindi nakakita sa mga bataan ng aking panginoon, na iyong sinugo. 26Ngayon nga, panginoon ko, buhay ang Panginoon, at buhay ang iyong kaluluwa, yamang ikaw ay pinigil ng Panginoon sa pagbububo ng dugo, at sa panghihiganti mo ng iyong sariling kamay kaya nga ang iyong mga kaaway at yaong mga umuusig ng kasamaan sa aking panginoon ay maging gaya ni Nabal. 27At ngayo'y itong kaloob na dinala ng iyong lingkod sa aking panginoon ay mabigay sa mga bataan na sumusunod sa aking panginoon. 28Isinasamo ko sa iyo na iyong ipatawad ang pagkasalangsang ng iyong lingkod: sapagka't tunay na gagawin ng Panginoon ang aking panginoon ng isang sangbahayan na tiwasay, sapagka't ibinabaka ng aking panginoon ang mga pagbabaka ng Panginoon; at ang kasamaan ay hindi masusumpungan sa iyo sa lahat ng iyong mga araw. 29At bagaman bumangon ang isang lalake upang habulin ka, at usigin ang iyong kaluluwa, gayon ma'y ang kaluluwa ng aking panginoon ay matatali sa talian ng buhay na kasama ng Panginoon mong Dios; at ang mga kaluluwa ng iyong mga kaaway, ay pahihilagpusin niya, na parang mula sa gitna ng isang panghilagpos. 30At mangyayari, pagka nagawa ng Panginoon sa aking panginoon ang ayon sa lahat ng mabuti na kaniyang sinalita tungkol sa iyo, at kaniyang naihalal ka na prinsipe sa Israel; 31Na ito'y hindi magiging kalumbayan sa iyo o kutog man ng loob sa aking panginoon, maging ikaw ay nagbubo ng dugo sa walang kabuluhan, o gumanti ng sa kaniyang sarili ang aking panginoon: at pagka gumawa ang Panginoon ng mabuti sa aking panginoon, alalahanin mo nga ang iyong lingkod. 32At sinabi ni David kay Abigail, Purihin nawa ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel, na nagsugo sa iyo sa araw na ito upang salubungin ako: 33At purihin nawa ang iyong kabaitan, at pagpalain ka, na pumigil sa akin sa araw na ito sa pagbububo ng dugo, at sa panghihiganti ng aking sariling kamay. 34Sapagka't tunay, buhay ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel na siyang pumigil sa akin sa pagsakit sa iyo, kundi ka nagmadali, at pumaritong sumalubong sa akin, tunay na walang malalabi kay Nabal sa pagbubukang liwayway kahit isang batang lalake. 35Sa gayo'y tinanggap ni David sa kaniyang kamay ang dinala niya sa kaniya: at sinabi niya sa kaniya, Umahon kang payapa na umuwi sa iyong bahay; tingnan mo, aking dininig ang iyong tinig, at aking tinanggap ang iyong pagkatao. 36At naparoon si Abigail kay Nabal; at, narito, siya'y gumawa ng isang kasayahan sa kaniyang bahay, na gaya ng pagsasaya ng isang hari; at ang puso ni Nabal ay nagalak sa kaniyang loob, sapagka't siya'y lubhang nalango; kaya't siya'y hindi nagsaysay sa kaniya ng anoman, munti o malaki, hanggang sa pagbubukang liwayway. 37At nangyari sa kinaumagahan, nang ang alak ay mapawi kay Nabal, na isinaysay ng asawa niya sa kaniya ang mga bagay na ito, at nagkasakit siya sa puso, at siya'y naging parang isang bato. 38At nangyari, pagkaraan ng may sangpung araw, at sinaktan ng Panginoon si Nabal, na anopa't siya'y namatay. 39At nang mabalitaan ni David na si Nabal ay namatay, ay kaniyang sinabi, Purihin nawa ang Panginoon na siyang nagsanggalang ng aking kadustaan mula sa kamay ni Nabal, at pinigil ang kaniyang lingkod sa kasamaan: at ang masamang gawa ni Nabal ay ibinalik ng Panginoon sa kaniyang sariling ulo. At nagsugo si David upang salitain kay Abigail na kunin siya na maging asawa niya. 40At nang dumating ang mga lingkod ni David kay Abigail sa Carmelo, ay kanilang sinalita sa kaniya, na sinasabi, Sinugo kami ni David sa iyo, upang kunin ka na maging asawa niya. 41At siya'y bumangon at nagpatirapa sa lupa, at nagsabi, Narito, ang iyong lingkod ay isang aba upang maghugas ng mga paa ng mga lingkod ng aking panginoon. 42At nagmadali si Abigail, at bumangon, at sumakay sa isang asno, na kasama ng limang dalaga niya na sumusunod sa kaniya; at siya'y sumunod sa mga sugo ni David, at naging kaniyang asawa. 43Kinuha naman ni David si Ahinoam, na taga Jezreel; at sila'y kapuwa naging asawa niya. 44Ngayo'y ibinigay ni Saul si Michal na kaniyang anak, na asawa ni David, kay Palti na anak ni Lais na taga Gallim.

1Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. 4David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. 5David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name. 6You shall tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. 7Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t hurt them, neither was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel. 8Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.’” 9When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. 10Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days. 11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?” 12So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words. 13David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage. 14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them. 15But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields. 16They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. 17Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.” 18Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. 19She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I come after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal. 20It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them. 21Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good. 22God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.” 23When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. 24She fell at his feet, and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid. 25Please don’t let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, didn’t see the young men of my lord, whom you sent. 26Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 27Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days. 29Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling. 30It shall come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel, 31that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.” 32David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! 33Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand. 34For indeed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.” 35So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request.” 36Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died. 39When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife. 40When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.” 41She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” 42Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. 43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives. 44Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

1En Samuel stierf; en gans Israel vergaderde zich, en zij bedreven rouw over hem, en begroeven hem in zijn huis te Rama. En David maakte zich op, en toog af naar de woestijn Paran. 2En er was een man te Maon, en zijn bedrijf was te Karmel; en die man was zeer groot, en hij had drie duizend schapen, en duizend geiten; en hij was in het scheren zijner schapen te Karmel. 3En de naam des mans was Nabal, en de naam zijner huisvrouw was Abigail; en de vrouw was goed van verstand, en schoon van gedaante; maar de man was hard en boos van daden, en hij was een Kalebiet. 4Als David hoorde in de woestijn, dat Nabal zijn schapen schoor, 5Zo zond David tien jongelingen; en David zeide tot de jongelingen: Gaat op naar Karmel, en als gij tot Nabal komt, zo zult gij hem in mijn naam naar den welstand vragen; 6En zult alzo zeggen tot dien welvarende: Vrede zij u, en uw huize zij vrede, en alles, wat gij hebt, zij vrede! 7En nu, ik heb gehoord, dat gij scheerders hebt; nu, de herders, die gij hebt, zijn bij ons geweest; wij hebben hun geen smaadheid aangedaan, en zij hebben ook niets gemist al de dagen, die zij te Karmel geweest zijn. 8Vraag het uw jongelingen, en zij zullen het u te kennen geven. Laat dan deze jongelingen genade vinden in uw ogen, want wij zijn op een goeden dag gekomen; geef toch uw knechten, en uw zoon David, hetgeen uw hand vinden zal. 9Toen de jongelingen van David gekomen waren, en in Davids naam naar al die woorden tot Nabal gesproken hadden, zo hielden zij stil. 10En Nabal antwoordde den knechten van David, en zeide: Wie is David, en wie is de zoon van Isai? Er zijn heden vele knechten, die zich afscheuren, elk van zijn heer. 11Zou ik dan mijn brood, en mijn water, en mijn geslacht vlees nemen, dat ik voor mijn scheerders geslacht heb, en zou ik het den mannen geven, die ik niet weet, van waar zij zijn? 12Toen keerden zich de jongelingen van David naar hun weg; en zij keerden weder, en kwamen, en boodschapten hem achtervolgens al deze woorden. 13David dan zeide tot zijn mannen: Een iegelijk gorde zijn zwaard aan. Toen gordde een iegelijk zijn zwaard aan, en David gordde ook zijn zwaard aan; en zij togen op achter David, omtrent vierhonderd man, en daar bleven er tweehonderd bij het gereedschap. 14Doch een jongeling uit de jongelingen boodschapte het aan Abigail, de huisvrouw van Nabal, zeggende: Zie, David heeft boden gezonden uit de woestijn, om onzen heer te zegenen; maar hij is tegen hen uitgevaren. 15Nochtans zijn zij ons zeer goede mannen geweest; en wij hebben geen smaadheid geleden, en wij hebben niets gemist al de dagen, die wij met hen verkeerd hebben, toen wij op het veld waren. 16Zij zijn een muur om ons geweest, zo bij nacht als bij dag, al de dagen, die wij bij hen geweest zijn, weidende de schapen. 17Weet dan nu, en zie, wat gij doen zult; want het kwaad is ten volle over onzen heer besloten, en over zijn ganse huis; en hij is een zoon Belials, dat men hem niet mag aanspreken. 18Toen haastte zich Abigail, en nam tweehonderd broden, en twee lederzakken wijns, en vijf toebereide schapen, en vijf maten geroost koren, en honderd stukken rozijnen, en tweehonderd klompen vijgen, en legde die op ezelen. 19En zij zeide tot haar jongelingen: Trekt heen voor mijn aangezicht; ziet, ik kom achter ulieden; doch haar man Nabal gaf zij het niet te kennen. 20Het geschiedde nu, toen zij op den ezel reed, en dat zij afkwam in het verborgene des bergs, en ziet, David en zijn mannen kwamen af haar tegemoet, en zij ontmoette hen. 21David nu had gezegd: Trouwens ik heb te vergeefs bewaard al wat deze in de woestijn heeft, alzo dat er niets van alles, wat hij heeft, gemist is; en hij heeft mij kwaad voor goed vergolden. 22Zo doe God aan de vijanden van David, en zo doe Hij daartoe, indien ik van allen, die hij heeft, iets tot morgen overlaat, dat mannelijk is! 23Toen nu Abigail David zag, zo haastte zij zich, en kwam van den ezel af, en zij viel voor het aangezicht van David op haar aangezicht, en zij boog zich ter aarde. 24En zij viel aan zijn voeten en zeide: Och, mijn heer, mijn zij de misdaad, en laat toch uw dienstmaagd voor uw oren spreken, en hoor de woorden uwer dienstmaagd. 25Mijn heer stelle toch zijn hart niet aan dezen Belials man, aan Nabal; want gelijk zijn naam is, alzo is hij; zijn naam is Nabal, en dwaasheid is bij hem; en ik, uw dienstmaagd, heb de jongelingen van mijn heer niet gezien, die gij gezonden hebt. 26En nu, mijn heer! zo waarachtig als de HEERE leeft, en uw ziel leeft, het is de HEERE, Die u verhinderd heeft van te komen met bloedstorting, dat uw hand u zou verlossen; en nu, dat als Nabal worden uw vijanden, en die tegen mijn heer kwaad zoeken! 27En nu, dit is de zegen, dien uw dienstmaagd mijn heer toegebracht heeft, dat hij gegeven worde den jongelingen, die mijns heren voetstappen nawandelen. 28Vergeef toch aan uw dienstmaagd de overtreding, want de HEERE zal zekerlijk mijn heer een bestendig huis maken, dewijl mijn heer de oorlogen des HEEREN oorloogt, en geen kwaad bij u gevonden is van uw dagen af. 29Wanneer een mens opstaan zal om u te vervolgen, en om uw ziel te zoeken, zo zal de ziel mijns heren ingebonden zijn in het bundeltje der levenden bij den HEERE, uw God; maar de ziel uwer vijanden zal Hij slingeren uit het midden van de holligheid des slingers. 30En het zal geschieden, als de HEERE mijn heer naar al het goede doen zal, dat Hij over u gesproken heeft, en Hij u gebieden zal een voorganger te zijn over Israel; 31Zo zal dit u, mijn heer, niet zijn tot wankeling, noch aanstoot des harten, te weten, dat gij bloed zonder oorzaak zoudt vergoten hebben, en dat mijn heer zichzelven zou verlost hebben; en als de HEERE mijn heer weldoen zal, zo zult gij uwer dienstmaagd gedenken. 32Toen zeide David tot Abigail: Gezegend zij de HEERE, de God Israels, Die u te dezen dage mij tegemoet gezonden heeft! 33En gezegend zij uw raad en gezegend zijt gij, dat gij mij te dezen dage geweerd hebt, van te komen met bloedstorting, dat mijn hand mij verlost zou hebben! 34Want voorzeker, de HEERE, de God Israels, leeft, Die mij verhinderd heeft, van u kwaad te doen, dat, ten ware dat gij u gehaast hadt, en mij tegemoet gekomen waart, zo ware van Nabal niemand, die mannelijk is, overgebleven tot het morgenlicht! 35Toen nam David uit haar hand, wat zij hem gebracht had; en hij zeide tot haar: Trek met vrede op naar uw huis; zie, ik heb naar uw stem gehoord, en heb uw aangezicht aangenomen. 36Toen nu Abigail tot Nabal kwam, ziet, zo had hij een maaltijd in zijn huis, als eens konings maaltijd; en het hart van Nabal was vrolijk op denzelven, en hij was zeer dronken; daarom gaf zij hem niet een woord, klein noch groot, te kennen, tot aan het morgenlicht. 37Het geschiedde nu in den morgen, toen de wijn van Nabal gegaan was, zo gaf hem zijn huisvrouw die woorden te kennen. Toen bestierf zijn hart in het binnenste van hem, en hij werd als een steen. 38En het geschiedde omtrent na tien dagen, zo sloeg de HEERE Nabal, dat hij stierf. 39Toen David hoorde, dat Nabal dood was, zo zeide hij: Gezegend zij de HEERE, Die den twist mijner smaadheid getwist heeft van de hand van Nabal, en heeft zijn knecht onthouden van het kwade, en dat de HEERE het kwaad van Nabal op zijn hoofd heeft doen wederkeren! En David zond heen, en liet met Abigail spreken, dat hij ze zich ter vrouwe nam. 40Als nu de knechten van David tot Abigail gekomen waren te Karmel, zo spraken zij tot haar, zeggende: David heeft ons tot u gezonden, dat hij zich u ter vrouwe neme. 41Toen stond zij op, en neigde zich met het aangezicht ter aarde, en zij zeide: Ziet, uw dienstmaagd zij tot een dienares, om de voeten der knechten mijns heren te wassen. 42Abigail nu haastte, en maakte zich op, en zij reed op een ezel, met haar vijf jonge maagden, die haar voetstappen nawandelden; zij dan volgde de boden van David na, en zij werd hem ter huisvrouw. 43Ook nam David Ahinoam van Jizreel; alzo waren ook die beiden hem tot vrouwen. 44Want Saul had zijn dochter Michal, de huisvrouw van David, gegeven aan Palti, den zoon van Lais, die van Gallim was.