1 Samuel 25:2

David Marries Abigail the Widow of Nabal

25:2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; ¹  he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he ²  sent ten servants, ³  saying to them, ⁴  “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 25:7

25:7 Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:40

25:40 So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

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¹ tn Heb “great.”

² tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

³ tn Or “young men.”

⁴ tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

⁵ tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”