1Sa 25:1-9 | ESV | STEP | Now Samuel died . And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah . Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran .

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1 Samuel 25:1-9

The Death of Samuel

1 ^aNow Samuel died. And all Israel assembled ^band mourned for him, and they buried him ^cin his house at ^dRamah.

David and Abigail

Then David rose and went down to ^ethe wilderness of Paran. 2 And there was a man in ^fMaon whose business was in ^gCarmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. ^hHe was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; ⁱhe was a Calebite. 4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal ^jwas shearing his sheep. 5 So 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 And thus you shall greet him: ^k‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. 7 I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us, and we did them no harm, ^land they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel. 8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we come ^mon a feast day. Please give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David.’”

9 When David’s young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then they waited.