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1 Samuel 25:4

“While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.”
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2Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

3His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

4While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

5So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

6And say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.

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