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And SamuelH8050 died;H4191 and allH3605 the IsraelitesH3478 were gatheredH6908 together, and lamentedH5594 him, and buriedH6912 him in his houseH1004 at Ramah.H7414 And DavidH1732 arose,H6965 and wentH3381 downH3381 to the wildernessH4057 of Paran.H6290
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And there was a manH376 in Maon,H4584 whose possessionsH4639 were in Carmel;H3760 and the manH376 was veryH3966 great,H1419 and he had threeH7969 thousandH505 sheep,H6629 and a thousandH505 goats:H5795 and he was shearingH1494 his sheepH6629 in Carmel.H3760
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NowH6258 the nameH8034 of the manH376 was Nabal;H5037 and the nameH8034 of his wifeH802 Abigail:H26 and she was a womanH802 of goodH2896 understanding,H7922 and of a beautifulH3303 countenance:H8389 but the manH376 was churlishH7186 and evilH7451 in his doings;H4611 and he was of the houseH1004 of Caleb.H3612
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And DavidH1732 heardH8085 in the wildernessH4057 that NabalH5037 did shearH1494 his sheep.H6629
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And DavidH1732 sentH7971 out tenH6235 youngH5288 men, and DavidH1732 saidH559 to the youngH5288 men, GetH5927 you up to Carmel,H3760 and goH935 to Nabal,H5037 and greetH7592 H7965 him in my name:H8034
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And thusH3541 shall you sayH559 to him that livesH2416 in prosperity, PeaceH7965 be both to you, and peaceH7965 be to your house,H1004 and peaceH7965 be to allH3605 that you have.
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And nowH6258 I have heardH8085 that you have shearers:H1494 now your shepherdsH7462 whichH834 were with us, we hurtH3637 them not, neitherH3808 was there oughtH3972 missingH6485 to them, allH3605 the whileH3117 they were in Carmel.H3760
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AskH7592 your youngH5288 men, and they will showH5046 you. Why let the youngH5288 men findH4672 favorH2580 in your eyes:H5869 for we comeH935 in a goodH2896 day:H3117 give,H5414 I prayH4994 you, whateverH853 H834 comesH4672 to your handH3027 to your servants,H5650 and to your sonH1121 David.H1732
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And when David'sH1732 youngH5288 men came,H935 they spokeH1696 to NabalH5037 according to allH3605 thoseH428 wordsH1697 in the nameH8034 of David,H1732 and ceased.H5117
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And NabalH5037 answeredH6030 David's servants,H5650 and said,H559 WhoH4310 is David?H1732 and whoH4310 is the sonH1121 of Jesse?H3448 there be manyH7231 servantsH5650 now a daysH3117 that breakH6555 away every manH376 from his master.H113
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Shall I then takeH3947 my bread,H3899 and my water,H4325 and my fleshH2878 that I have killedH2873 for my shearers,H1494 and giveH5414 it to men,H582 whomH834 I knowH3045 not from whereH834 H2088 they be?
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So David'sH1732 youngH5288 men turnedH2015 their way,H1870 and wentH7725 again,H7725 and cameH935 and toldH5046 him allH3605 thoseH428 sayings.H1697
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And DavidH1732 saidH559 to his men,H582 GirdH2296 you on every manH376 his sword.H2719 And they girdedH2296 on every manH376 his sword;H2719 and DavidH1732 alsoH1571 girdedH2296 on his sword:H2719 and there wentH5927 up afterH310 DavidH1732 about fourH702 hundredH3967 men;H376 and two hundredH3967 stayedH3427 by the stuff.H3627
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But oneH259 of the youngH5288 men toldH5046 Abigail,H26 Nabal'sH5037 wife,H802 saying,H559 Behold,H2009 DavidH1732 sentH7971 messengersH4397 out of the wildernessH4057 to saluteH1288 our master;H113 and he railedH5860 on them.
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But the menH582 were veryH3966 goodH2896 to us, and we were not hurt,H3637 neitherH3808 missedH6485 we anyH3972 thing,H1697 as longH3117 as we were conversantH1980 with them, when we were in the fields:H7704
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They were a wallH2346 to us bothH1571 by nightH3915 and day,H3119 allH3605 the whileH3117 we were with them keepingH7462 the sheep.H6629
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NowH6258 therefore knowH3045 and considerH7200 whatH4100 you will do;H6213 for evilH7451 is determinedH3615 againstH413 our master,H113 and againstH5921 allH3605 his household:H1004 for he is such a sonH1121 of Belial,H1100 that a man cannot speakH1696 to him.
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Then AbigailH26 made haste,H4116 and tookH3947 two hundredH3967 loaves,H3899 and twoH8147 bottlesH5035 of wine,H3196 and fiveH2568 sheepH6629 ready dressed,H6213 and fiveH2568 measuresH5429 of parchedH7039 corn, and an hundredH3967 clustersH6778 of raisins,H6778 and two hundredH3967 cakesH1690 of figs, and laidH7760 them onH5921 asses.H2543
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And she saidH559 to her servants,H5288 GoH5674 on beforeH6440 me; behold,H2005 I comeH935 afterH310 you. But she toldH5046 not her husbandH376 Nabal.H5037
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And it was so, as she rodeH7392 onH5921 the ass,H2543 that she cameH3381 downH3381 by the covertH5643 on the hill,H2022 and, behold,H2009 DavidH1732 and his menH582 cameH3381 downH3381 againstH7125 her; and she metH6298 them.
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Now DavidH1732 had said,H559 SurelyH389 in vainH8267 have I keptH8104 allH3605 that thisH2088 fellow has in the wilderness,H4057 so that nothingH3808 H3972 was missedH6485 of allH3605 that pertained to him: and he has requitedH7725 me evilH7451 for good.H2896
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SoH3541 and moreH3254 alsoH3541 doH6213 GodH430 to the enemiesH341 of David,H1732 ifH518 I leaveH7604 of allH3605 that pertain to him by the morningH1242 lightH216 any that urinatesH8366 against the wall.H7023
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And when AbigailH26 sawH7200 David,H1732 she hurried,H4116 and lightedH3381 offH5921 the ass,H2543 and fellH5307 beforeH639 DavidH1732 onH5921 her face,H6440 and bowedH7812 herself to the ground,H776
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And fellH5307 atH5921 his feet,H7272 and said,H559 On me, my lord,H113 on me let this iniquityH5771 be: and let your handmaid,H519 I prayH4994 you, speakH1696 in your audience,H241 and hearH8085 the wordsH1697 of your handmaid.H519
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Let not my lord,H113 I prayH4994 you, regardH3820 thisH2088 manH376 of Belial,H1100 even Nabal:H5037 for as his nameH8034 is, soH3651 is he; NabalH5037 is his name,H8034 and follyH5039 is with him: but I your handmaidH519 sawH7200 not the youngH5288 men of my lord,H113 whomH834 you did send.H7971
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NowH6258 therefore, my lord,H113 as the LORDH3068 lives,H2416 and as your soulH5315 lives,H2416 seeing the LORDH3068 has withheldH4513 you from comingH935 to shed blood,H1818 and from avengingH3467 yourself with your own hand,H3027 nowH6258 let your enemies,H341 and they that seekH1245 evilH7451 to my lord,H113 be as Nabal.H5037
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And nowH6258 thisH2063 blessingH1293 whichH834 your handmaidH8198 has broughtH935 to my lord,H113 let it even be givenH5414 to the youngH5288 men that followH1980 H7272 my lord.H113
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I prayH4994 you, forgiveH5375 the trespassH6588 of your handmaid:H519 for the LORDH3068 will certainly makeH6213 my lordH113 a sureH539 house;H1004 becauseH3588 my lordH113 fightsH3898 the battlesH4421 of the LORD,H3068 and evilH7451 has not been foundH4672 in you all your days.H3117
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Yet a manH120 is risenH6965 to pursueH7291 you, and to seekH1245 your soul:H5315 but the soulH5315 of my lordH113 shall be boundH6887 in the bundleH6872 of lifeH2416 with the LORDH3068 your God;H430 and the soulsH5315 of your enemies,H341 them shall he slingH7049 out, as out of the middleH8432 of a sling.H7050
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And it shall comeH1961 to pass, whenH3588 the LORDH3068 shall have doneH6213 to my lordH113 according to allH3605 the goodH2896 that he has spokenH1696 concerningH5921 you, and shall have appointedH6680 you rulerH5057 over Israel;H3478
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That thisH2063 shall be noH3808 griefH6330 to you, nor offenseH4383 of heartH3820 to my lord,H136 either that you have shedH8210 bloodH1818 causeless,H2600 or that my lordH136 has avengedH3467 himself: but when the LORDH3068 shall have dealt wellH3190 with my lord,H113 then rememberH2142 your handmaid.H519
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And DavidH1732 saidH559 to Abigail,H26 BlessedH1288 be the LORDH3068 GodH430 of Israel,H3478 whichH834 sentH7971 you thisH2088 dayH3117 to meetH7125 me:
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And blessedH1288 be your advice,H2940 and blessedH1288 be you, whichH834 have keptH3607 me thisH2088 dayH3117 from comingH935 to shed blood,H1818 and from avengingH3467 myself with my own hand.H3027
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For in veryH199 deed,H199 as the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 lives,H2416 whichH834 has keptH4513 me backH4513 from hurtingH7489 you, exceptH3588 H3884 you had hurriedH4116 and comeH935 to meetH7125 me, surelyH3588 H518 there had not been leftH3498 to NabalH5037 by the morningH1242 lightH216 any that urinatesH8366 against the wall.H7023
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So DavidH1732 receivedH3947 of her handH3027 that whichH834 she had broughtH935 him, and saidH559 to her, GoH5927 up in peaceH7965 to your house;H1004 see,H7200 I have listenedH8085 to your voice,H6963 and have acceptedH5375 your person.H6440
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And AbigailH26 cameH935 to Nabal;H5037 and, behold,H2009 he heldH2790 a feastH4960 in his house,H1004 like the feastH4960 of a king;H4428 and Nabal'sH5037 heartH3820 was merryH2896 withinH5921 him, for he was veryH5704 H3966 drunken:H7910 why she toldH5046 him nothing,H3808 H1697 lessH6996 or more,H1419 untilH5704 the morningH1242 light.H216
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But it cameH1961 to pass in the morning,H1242 when the wineH3196 was goneH3318 out of Nabal,H5037 and his wifeH802 had toldH5046 him theseH428 things,H1697 that his heartH3820 diedH4191 withinH7130 him, and he becameH1961 as a stone.H68
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And it cameH1961 to pass about tenH6235 daysH3117 after, that the LORDH3068 smoteH5062 Nabal,H5037 that he died.H4191
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And when DavidH1732 heardH8085 that NabalH5037 was dead,H4191 he said,H559 BlessedH1288 be the LORD,H3068 that has pleadedH7378 the causeH7379 of my reproachH2781 from the handH3027 of Nabal,H5037 and has keptH2820 his servantH5650 from evil:H7451 for the LORDH3068 has returnedH7725 the wickednessH7451 of NabalH5037 on his own head.H7218 And DavidH1732 sentH7971 and communedH1696 with Abigail,H26 to takeH3947 her to him to wife.H802
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And when the servantsH5650 of DavidH1732 were comeH935 to AbigailH26 to Carmel,H3760 they spokeH1696 to her, saying,H559 DavidH1732 sentH7971 us to you, to takeH3947 you to him to wife.H802
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And she arose,H6965 and bowedH7812 herself on her faceH639 to the earth,H776 and said,H559 Behold,H2009 let your handmaidH519 be a servantH5650 to washH7364 the feetH7272 of the servantsH5650 of my lord.H113
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And AbigailH26 hurried,H4116 and arose H6965and rodeH7392 on an ass,H2543 with fiveH2568 damselsH5291 of hers that wentH1980 afterH7272 her; and she wentH3212 afterH310 the messengersH4397 of David,H1732 and becameH1961 his wife.H802
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DavidH1732 also tookH3947 AhinoamH293 of Jezreel;H3157 and they were also bothH8147 of them his wives.H802
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But SaulH7586 had givenH5414 MichalH4324 his daughter,H1323 David'sH1732 wife,H802 to PhaltiH6406 the sonH1121 of Laish,H3919 whichH834 was of Gallim.H1554
