³⁸ About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal down and he died.

³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord who has upheld my cause against Nabal for having treated me with scorn. He has kept his servant from wrongdoing, and the Lord has repaid Nabal’s wrongdoing upon his own head.”

David’s Marriage to Abigail. David sent word to Abigail, asking her to be his wife. ⁴⁰ David’s servants came to Abigail in Carmel and they said to her, “David has sent us to you so that he could take you as his wife.”