³ His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail.^(A) She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.^(B)

⁴⁴ But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel^[a](A) son of Laish, who was from Gallim.^(B)

³ When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.^{(A) 4} So David and his men wept^(B) aloud until they had no strength left to weep. ⁵ David’s two wives^(C) had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

³ David also took the men who were with him,^(A) each with his family, and they settled in Hebron^(B) and its towns.