37 So it was, in the morning, when the wine had gone from Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone. 38 Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord (A)struck Nabal, and he died.

39 So when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, (B)“Blessed be the Lord, who has (C)pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has (D)kept His servant from evil! For the Lord has (E)returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head.”

And David sent and proposed to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

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