1 Samuel 11:4

11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) ¹  and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. ² 

1 Samuel 25:33

25:33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded ³  for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

1 Samuel 25:37

25:37 In the morning, when Nabal was sober, ⁴  his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”

² tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”

³ tn Heb “blessed.”

⁴ tn Heb “when the wine had gone out from Nabal.”

⁵ tn Heb “and his heart died within him and he became a stone.” Cf. TEV, NLT “stroke”; CEV “heart attack.” For an alternative interpretation than that presented above, see Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle, “The Law of the Heart: The Death of a Fool (1 Samuel 25),” JBL 120 (2001): 401-27, who argues that a medical diagnosis is not necessary here. Instead, the passage makes a connection between the heart and the law; Nabal dies for his lawlessness.