35 Then David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to thine house: behold, I have heard thy voice, and have [a]granted thy petition.

36 ¶ So Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he made a feast in his house, like the feast of a king, and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him [b]nothing, neither less nor more, until the morning arose.

37 Then in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife told him those words, and his heart died within him, and he was like [c]a stone.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:35 Hebrew, received thy face.
  2. 1 Samuel 25:36 For he had no reason either to consider, or to give thanks for this great benefit of deliverance.
  3. 1 Samuel 25:37 For fear of the great danger.

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