1 Samuel 25:10-17

10Nabal answered David's young men, ‘Who is this David? Do I know this son of Jesse? Many servants run away from their masters these days.

11I have food and drink for the men who are cutting the wool from my sheep. I have cooked meat for them to eat. But I will not give anything to you. You might have come from anywhere!’

12David's young men left Nabal. They returned to David and they told him everything that Nabal had said.

13David said to his men, ‘Tie your swords onto your belts.’ So they all did that. David put his sword on his belt too. About 400 men went with David. About 200 men stayed at their camp.

14One of Nabal's servants spoke to Nabal's wife, Abigail. He said to her, ‘David sent some of his men from the desert to say “hello” to our master. But our master insulted them.

15David's men have been very kind to us. When we were with them in the fields, they did not hurt us. They did not take anything from us the whole time that we were there.

16They kept us safe while we took care of Nabal's sheep. They kept us safe all the time, during the day and at night.

17So please think carefully about this. Decide what you can do. If you do nothing, there will be great trouble for our master and all his family and servants. He is such a wicked man that he will not listen to anyone.’