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Then Ab '
igail made haste ,
and took two hundred loaves ,
and two skins of wine ,
and five sheep ready dressed ,
and five measures of parched grain ,
and a hundred clusters of raisins ,
and two hundred cakes of figs ,
and laid them on asses .
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And she said to her young men , "
Go on before me ;
behold ,
I come after you ."
But she did not tell her husband Nabal .
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And as she rode on the ass ,
and came down under cover of the mountain ,
behold ,
David and his men came down toward her ;
and she met them .
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Now David had said , "
Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness ,
so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him ;
and he has returned me evil for good .
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God do so to David and more also ,
if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him ."
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When Ab '
igail saw David ,
she made haste ,
and alighted from the ass ,
and fell before David on her face ,
and bowed to the ground .
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She fell at his feet and said , "
Upon me alone ,
my lord ,
be the guilt ;
pray let your handmaid speak in your ears ,
and hear the words of your handmaid .
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Let not my lord regard this ill-natured fellow ,
Nabal ;
for as his name is ,
so is he ;
Nabal is his name ,
and folly is with him ;
but I your handmaid did not see the young men of my lord ,
whom you sent .
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Now then ,
my lord ,
as the LORD lives ,
and as your soul lives ,
seeing the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt ,
and from taking vengeance with your own hand ,
now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal .
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And now let this present which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord .
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Pray forgive the trespass of your handmaid ;
for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house ,
because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD ;
and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live .
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If men rise up to pursue you and to seek your life ,
the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living in the care of the LORD your God ;
and the lives of your enemies he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling .
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And when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you ,
and has appointed you prince over Israel ,
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my lord shall have no cause of grief ,
or pangs of conscience ,
for having shed blood without cause or for my lord taking vengeance himself .
And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord ,
then remember your handmaid ."
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And David said to Ab '
igail , "
Blessed be the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
who sent you this day to meet me !
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Blessed be your discretion ,
and blessed be you ,
who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from avenging myself with my own hand !
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For as surely as the LORD the God of Israel lives ,
who has restrained me from hurting you ,
unless you had made haste and come to meet me ,
truly by morning there had not been left to Nabal so much as one male ."
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Then David received from her hand what she had brought him ;
and he said to her , "
Go up in peace to your house ;
see ,
I have hearkened to your voice ,
and I have granted your petition ."