Discovery Box1 Samuel 25:33-36 
Context25:33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded 1 for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands! 25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!” 25:35 Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back 2 to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you 3 and responded favorably.” 4
25:36 When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time 5 and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing 6 until morning’s light.
1 tn Heb “blessed.”
2 tn Heb “up.”
3 tn Heb “your voice.”
4 tn Heb “I have lifted up your face.”
5 tn Heb “and the heart of Nabal was good upon him”; NASB, NRSV “Nabal’s heart was merry within him”; NIV “he was in high spirits”; NCV, TEV “was in a good mood”; CEV “was very drunk and feeling good.”
6 tn Heb “and she did not tell him a thing, small or large.”
