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World English Bible

1 Samuel 25 (WEBP)

[1] Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
[2] There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
[3] Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
[4] David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
[5] David 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.
[6] Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!
[7] Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
[8] Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.’”
[9] When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.
[10] Nabal 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.
[11] Shall I then take my bread, 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?”
[12] So David’s young men turned on their way and went back, and came and told him all these words.
[13] David 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.
[14] But 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 insulted them.
[15] But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
[16] They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
[17] Now 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.”
[18] Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
[19] She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
[20] As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.
[21] Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have 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.
[22] God 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.”
[23] When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.
[24] She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
[25] Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
[26] Now 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.
[27] Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
[28] Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
[29] Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.
[30] It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,
[31] that 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 servant.”
[32] David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
[33] Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
[34] For indeed, as Yahweh the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming 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.”
[35] So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice and have granted your request.”
[36] Abigail 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 drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
[37] In 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.
[38] About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
[39] When 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 himself as wife.
[40] When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
[41] She arose and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
[42] Abigail hurriedly arose and rode on a donkey with her five maids who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
[43] David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
[44] Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

1 Samuel 25:18 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
1 Samuel 25:22 or, male.
1 Samuel 25:25 “Nabal” means “foolish”.
1 Samuel 25:34 or, one male.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 25 (KJVS)

[1] And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
[2] And there 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.
[3] Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
[4] And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
[5] And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
[6] and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
[7] And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
[8] Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
[9] And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
[10] And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
[11] Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
[12] So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
[13] And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
[14] But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
[15] But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
[16] they were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
[17] Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
[18] Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
[19] And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
[20] And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
[21] Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
[22] So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
[23] And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
[24] and fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
[25] Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
[26] Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
[27] And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
[28] I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
[29] Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
[30] And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
[31] that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
[32] And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
[33] and blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
[34] For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
[35] So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
[36] And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
[37] But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
[38] And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.
[39] And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
[40] And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
[41] And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
[42] And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of her’s that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
[43] David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
[44] But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

1 Samuel 25:2 Or, business
1 Samuel 25:7 Heb. shamed
1 Samuel 25:9 Heb. rested
1 Samuel 25:11 Heb. slaughter
1 Samuel 25:14 Heb. flew upon them
1 Samuel 25:15 Heb. shamed
1 Samuel 25:18 Or, lumps
1 Samuel 25:24 Heb. ears
1 Samuel 25:25 Heb. lay it to his heart
1 Samuel 25:27a Or, present
1 Samuel 25:27b Heb. walk at the feet of etc.
1 Samuel 25:29 Heb. in the midst of the bought of a sling
1 Samuel 25:31 Heb. no staggering, or, stumbling
1 Samuel 25:42 Heb. at her feet

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 25 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἀπέθανεν () Σαμουηλ, () καὶ () συναθροίζονται () πᾶς () Ισραηλ () καὶ () κόπτονται () αὐτὸν () καὶ () θάπτουσιν () αὐτὸν () ἐν () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () Αρμαθαιμ.—καὶ () ἀνέστη () Δαυιδ () καὶ () κατέβη () εἰς () τὴν () ἔρημον () Μααν.
[2] Καὶ () ἦν () ἄνθρωπος () ἐν () τῇ () Μααν, καὶ () τὰ () ποίμνια () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () Καρμήλῳ· καὶ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () μέγας () σφόδρα, () καὶ () τούτῳ () ποίμνια () τρισχίλια () καὶ () αἶγες χίλιαι· () καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἐν () τῷ () κείρειν () τὸ () ποίμνιον () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () Καρμήλῳ.
[3] Καὶ () ὄνομα () τῷ () ἀνθρώπῳ () Ναβαλ, καὶ () ὄνομα () τῇ () γυναικὶ () αὐτοῦ () Αβιγαια· καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () ἀγαθὴ () συνέσει () καὶ () καλὴ τῷ () εἴδει () σφόδρα, () καὶ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () σκληρὸς () καὶ () πονηρὸς () ἐν () ἐπιτηδεύμασιν, καὶ () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () κυνικός.
[4] Καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Δαυιδ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () ὅτι () κείρει () Ναβαλ ὁ () Καρμήλιος τὸ () ποίμνιον () αὐτοῦ, ()
[5] καὶ () Δαυιδ () ἀπέστειλεν () δέκα () παιδάρια () καὶ () εἶπεν () τοῖς () παιδαρίοις () Ἀνάβητε () εἰς () Κάρμηλον καὶ () ἀπέλθατε () πρὸς () Ναβαλ καὶ () ἐρωτήσατε () αὐτὸν () ἐπὶ () τῷ () ὀνόματί () μου () εἰς () εἰρήνην ()
[6] καὶ () ἐρεῖτε () τάδε () Εἰς () ὥρας· () καὶ () σὺ () ὑγιαίνων, () καὶ () ὁ () οἶκός () σου () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () σὰ () ὑγιαίνοντα. ()
[7] Καὶ () νῦν () ἰδοὺ () ἀκήκοα () ὅτι () κείρουσίν () σοι· () νῦν () οἱ () ποιμένες () σου, () οἳ () ἦσαν () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀπεκωλύσαμεν αὐτοὺς () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐνετειλάμεθα () αὐτοῖς () οὐθὲν () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () ὄντων () αὐτῶν () ἐν () Καρμήλῳ·
[8] ἐρώτησον () τὰ () παιδάριά () σου, () καὶ () ἀπαγγελοῦσίν () σοι. () Καὶ () εὑρέτωσαν () τὰ () παιδάρια () χάριν () ἐν () ὀφθαλμοῖς () σου, () ὅτι () ἐφ’ () ἡμέραν () ἀγαθὴν () ἥκομεν· () δὸς () δὴ () ὃ () ἐὰν () εὕρῃ () ἡ () χείρ () σου () τῷ () υἱῷ () σου () τῷ () Δαυιδ. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἔρχονται () τὰ () παιδάρια () καὶ () λαλοῦσιν () τοὺς () λόγους () τούτους () πρὸς () Ναβαλ κατὰ () πάντα () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα () ἐν () τῷ () ὀνόματι () Δαυιδ. () Καὶ () ἀνεπήδησεν
[10] καὶ () ἀπεκρίθη () Ναβαλ τοῖς () παισὶν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Τίς () ὁ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () τίς () ὁ () υἱὸς () Ιεσσαι; () Σήμερον () πεπληθυμμένοι () εἰσὶν () οἱ () δοῦλοι () ἀναχωροῦντες () ἕκαστος () ἐκ () προσώπου () τοῦ () κυρίου () αὐτοῦ. ()
[11] Καὶ () λήμψομαι () τοὺς () ἄρτους () μου () καὶ () τὸν () οἶνόν () μου () καὶ () τὰ () θύματά μου, () ἃ () τέθυκα () τοῖς () κείρουσίν () μου, () τὰ () πρόβατα, () καὶ () δώσω () αὐτὰ () ἀνδράσιν, () οἷς () οὐκ () οἶδα () πόθεν () εἰσίν; ()
[12] Καὶ () ἀπεστράφησαν () τὰ () παιδάρια () Δαυιδ () εἰς () ὁδὸν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἀνέστρεψαν () καὶ () ἦλθον () καὶ () ἀνήγγειλαν () τῷ () Δαυιδ () κατὰ () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () τοῖς () ἀνδράσιν () αὐτοῦ () Ζώσασθε () ἕκαστος () τὴν () ῥομφαίαν () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () ὀπίσω () Δαυιδ () ὡς () τετρακόσιοι () ἄνδρες, () καὶ () οἱ () διακόσιοι () ἐκάθισαν () μετὰ () τῶν () σκευῶν. ()
[14] Καὶ () τῇ () Αβιγαια γυναικὶ () Ναβαλ ἀπήγγειλεν () ἓν () τῶν () παιδαρίων () λέγων () Ἰδοὺ () Δαυιδ () ἀπέστειλεν () ἀγγέλους () ἐκ () τῆς () ἐρήμου () εὐλογῆσαι () τὸν () κύριον () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () ἐξέκλινεν () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν. ()
[15] Καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () ἀγαθοὶ () ἡμῖν () σφόδρα· () οὐκ () ἀπεκώλυσαν ἡμᾶς () οὐδὲ () ἐνετείλαντο () ἡμῖν () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας, () ἃς () ἦμεν () παρ’ () αὐτοῖς· () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () εἶναι () ἡμᾶς () ἐν () ἀγρῷ ()
[16] ὡς () τεῖχος () ἦσαν () περὶ () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () τὴν () νύκτα () καὶ () τὴν () ἡμέραν () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας, () ἃς () ἤμεθα () παρ’ () αὐτοῖς () ποιμαίνοντες () τὸ () ποίμνιον. ()
[17] Καὶ () νῦν () γνῶθι () καὶ () ἰδὲ () τί () σὺ () ποιήσεις, () ὅτι () συντετέλεσται () ἡ () κακία () εἰς () τὸν () κύριον () ἡμῶν () καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () οἶκον () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () οὗτος () υἱὸς () λοιμός, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () λαλῆσαι () πρὸς () αὐτόν. ()
[18] Καὶ () ἔσπευσεν () Αβιγαια καὶ () ἔλαβεν () διακοσίους () ἄρτους () καὶ () δύο () ἀγγεῖα () οἴνου () καὶ () πέντε () πρόβατα () πεποιημένα () καὶ () πέντε () οιφι ἀλφίτου καὶ () γομορ ἓν () σταφίδος καὶ () διακοσίας () παλάθας καὶ () ἔθετο () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ὄνους ()
[19] καὶ () εἶπεν () τοῖς () παιδαρίοις () αὐτῆς () Προπορεύεσθε () ἔμπροσθέν () μου, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ὀπίσω () ὑμῶν () παραγίνομαι. () Καὶ () τῷ () ἀνδρὶ () αὐτῆς () οὐκ () ἀπήγγειλεν. ()
[20] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () αὐτῆς () ἐπιβεβηκυίης () ἐπὶ () τὴν () ὄνον () καὶ () καταβαινούσης () ἐν () σκέπῃ τοῦ () ὄρους () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () αὐτοῦ () κατέβαινον () εἰς () συνάντησιν () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἀπήντησεν () αὐτοῖς. ()
[21] Καὶ () Δαυιδ () εἶπεν () Ἴσως () εἰς () ἄδικον () πεφύλακα () πάντα () τὰ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () καὶ () οὐκ () ἐνετειλάμεθα () λαβεῖν () ἐκ () πάντων () τῶν () αὐτοῦ () οὐθέν, () καὶ () ἀνταπέδωκέν () μοι () πονηρὰ () ἀντὶ () ἀγαθῶν· ()
[22] τάδε () ποιήσαι () ὁ () θεὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ () καὶ () τάδε () προσθείη, () εἰ () ὑπολείψομαι () ἐκ () πάντων () τῶν () τοῦ () Ναβαλ ἕως () πρωῒ () οὐροῦντα πρὸς () τοῖχον. ()
[23] Καὶ () εἶδεν () Αβιγαια τὸν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἔσπευσεν () καὶ () κατεπήδησεν ἀπὸ () τῆς () ὄνου () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () ἐνώπιον () Δαυιδ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῆς () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () αὐτῷ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν ()
[24] ἐπὶ () τοὺς () πόδας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐν () ἐμοί, () κύριέ () μου, () ἡ () ἀδικία· () λαλησάτω () δὴ () ἡ () δούλη () σου () εἰς () τὰ () ὦτά () σου, () καὶ () ἄκουσον () τῆς () δούλης () σου () λόγον. ()
[25] Μὴ () δὴ () θέσθω () ὁ () κύριός () μου () καρδίαν () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () ἄνθρωπον () τὸν () λοιμὸν () τοῦτον, () ὅτι () κατὰ () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () οὕτως () ἐστίν· () Ναβαλ ὄνομα () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ἀφροσύνη () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἡ () δούλη () σου () οὐκ () εἶδον () τὰ () παιδάριά () σου, () ἃ () ἀπέστειλας. ()
[26] Καὶ () νῦν, () κύριε, () ζῇ () κύριος () καὶ () ζῇ () ἡ () ψυχή () σου, () καθὼς () ἐκώλυσέν () σε () κύριος () τοῦ () μὴ () ἐλθεῖν () εἰς () αἷμα () ἀθῷον () καὶ () σῴζειν () τὴν () χεῖρά () σού () σοι, () καὶ () νῦν () γένοιντο () ὡς () Ναβαλ οἱ () ἐχθροί () σου () καὶ () οἱ () ζητοῦντες () τῷ () κυρίῳ () μου () κακά. ()
[27] Καὶ () νῦν () λαβὲ () τὴν () εὐλογίαν () ταύτην, () ἣν () ἐνήνοχεν () ἡ () δούλη () σου () τῷ () κυρίῳ () μου, () καὶ () δώσεις () τοῖς () παιδαρίοις () τοῖς () παρεστηκόσιν () τῷ () κυρίῳ () μου. ()
[28] Ἆρον () δὴ () τὸ () ἀνόμημα τῆς () δούλης () σου, () ὅτι () ποιῶν () ποιήσει () κύριος () τῷ () κυρίῳ () μου () οἶκον () πιστόν, () ὅτι () πόλεμον () κυρίου () ὁ () κύριός () μου () πολεμεῖ, () καὶ () κακία () οὐχ () εὑρεθήσεται () ἐν () σοὶ () πώποτε. ()
[29] Καὶ () ἀναστήσεται () ἄνθρωπος () καταδιώκων () σε () καὶ () ζητῶν () τὴν () ψυχήν () σου, () καὶ () ἔσται () ἡ () ψυχὴ () κυρίου () μου () ἐνδεδεμένη ἐν () δεσμῷ () τῆς () ζωῆς () παρὰ () κυρίῳ () τῷ () θεῷ, () καὶ () ψυχὴν () ἐχθρῶν () σου () σφενδονήσεις ἐν () μέσῳ () τῆς () σφενδόνης.
[30] Καὶ () ἔσται () ὅτι () ποιήσει () κύριος () τῷ () κυρίῳ () μου () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἐλάλησεν () ἀγαθὰ () ἐπὶ () σέ, () καὶ () ἐντελεῖταί () σοι () κύριος () εἰς () ἡγούμενον () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ, ()
[31] καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσται () σοι () τοῦτο () βδελυγμὸς καὶ () σκάνδαλον () τῷ () κυρίῳ () μου, () ἐκχέαι () αἷμα () ἀθῷον () δωρεὰν () καὶ () σῶσαι () χεῖρα () κυρίου () μου () αὐτῷ. () Καὶ () ἀγαθώσει κύριος () τῷ () κυρίῳ () μου, () καὶ () μνησθήσῃ τῆς () δούλης () σου () ἀγαθῶσαι αὐτῇ. ()
[32] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Δαυιδ () τῇ () Αβιγαια Εὐλογητὸς () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ, () ὃς () ἀπέστειλέν () σε () σήμερον () ἐν () ταύτῃ () εἰς () ἀπάντησίν () μου, ()
[33] καὶ () εὐλογητὸς () ὁ () τρόπος () σου, () καὶ () εὐλογημένη () σὺ () ἡ () ἀποκωλύσασά με () σήμερον () ἐν () ταύτῃ () μὴ () ἐλθεῖν () εἰς () αἵματα () καὶ () σῶσαι () χεῖρά () μου () ἐμοί. ()
[34] Πλὴν () ὅτι () ζῇ () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ, () ὃς () ἀπεκώλυσέν με () σήμερον () τοῦ () κακοποιῆσαί () σε, () ὅτι () εἰ () μὴ () ἔσπευσας () καὶ () παρεγένου () εἰς () ἀπάντησίν () μοι, () τότε () εἶπα () Εἰ () ὑπολειφθήσεται () τῷ () Ναβαλ ἕως () φωτὸς () τοῦ () πρωῒ () οὐρῶν () πρὸς () τοῖχον. ()
[35] Καὶ () ἔλαβεν () Δαυιδ () ἐκ () χειρὸς () αὐτῆς () πάντα, () ἃ () ἔφερεν () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Ἀνάβηθι () εἰς () εἰρήνην () εἰς () οἶκόν () σου· () βλέπε () ἤκουσα () τῆς () φωνῆς () σου () καὶ () ᾑρέτισα () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου. ()
[36] Καὶ () παρεγενήθη () Αβιγαια πρὸς () Ναβαλ, καὶ () ἰδοὺ () αὐτῷ () πότος () ἐν () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () πότος () βασιλέως, () καὶ () ἡ () καρδία () Ναβαλ ἀγαθὴ () ἐπ’ () αὐτόν, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () μεθύων () ἕως () σφόδρα· () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀπήγγειλεν () αὐτῷ () ῥῆμα () μικρὸν () ἢ () μέγα () ἕως () φωτὸς () τοῦ () πρωί. ()
[37] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () πρωί, () ὡς () ἐξένηψεν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () οἴνου () Ναβαλ, ἀπήγγειλεν () αὐτῷ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα, () καὶ () ἐναπέθανεν ἡ () καρδία () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () γίνεται () ὡς () λίθος. ()
[38] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡσεὶ () δέκα () ἡμέραι () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () κύριος () τὸν () Ναβαλ, καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[39] Καὶ () ἤκουσεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Εὐλογητὸς () κύριος, () ὃς () ἔκρινεν () τὴν () κρίσιν () τοῦ () ὀνειδισμοῦ () μου () ἐκ () χειρὸς () Ναβαλ καὶ () τὸν () δοῦλον () αὐτοῦ () περιεποιήσατο () ἐκ () χειρὸς () κακῶν, () καὶ () τὴν () κακίαν () Ναβαλ ἀπέστρεψεν () κύριος () εἰς () κεφαλὴν () αὐτοῦ. () Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Δαυιδ () καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () περὶ () Αβιγαιας λαβεῖν () αὐτὴν () ἑαυτῷ () εἰς () γυναῖκα. ()
[40] Καὶ () ἦλθον () οἱ () παῖδες () Δαυιδ () πρὸς () Αβιγαιαν εἰς () Κάρμηλον καὶ () ἐλάλησαν () αὐτῇ () λέγοντες () Δαυιδ () ἀπέστειλεν () ἡμᾶς () πρὸς () σὲ () λαβεῖν () σε () αὐτῷ () εἰς () γυναῖκα. ()
[41] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () προσεκύνησεν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἰδοὺ () ἡ () δούλη () σου () εἰς () παιδίσκην () νίψαι () πόδας () τῶν () παίδων () σου. ()
[42] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () Αβιγαια καὶ () ἐπέβη () ἐπὶ () τὴν () ὄνον, () καὶ () πέντε () κοράσια () ἠκολούθουν () αὐτῇ, () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ὀπίσω () τῶν () παίδων () Δαυιδ () καὶ () γίνεται () αὐτῷ () εἰς () γυναῖκα. ()
[43] Καὶ () τὴν () Αχινααμ ἔλαβεν () Δαυιδ () ἐξ () Ιεζραελ, καὶ () ἀμφότεραι () ἦσαν () αὐτῷ () γυναῖκες. ()
[44] Καὶ () Σαουλ () ἔδωκεν () Μελχολ τὴν () θυγατέρα () αὐτοῦ () τὴν () γυναῖκα () Δαυιδ () τῷ () Φαλτι υἱῷ () Λαις τῷ () ἐκ () Ρομμα.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.