1 Samuel 25:23-35

23When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face in front of David 1and bowed herself to the ground. 24She fell at his feet and said, “On me 2alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your slave speak 3to you, and listen to the words of your slave. 25Please do not let my lord 4pay attention to this 5worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. 6Nabal is his name, and stupidity is with him; but I your slave did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

26“Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, since the Lord has restrained you from 7shedding blood, and 8from 9avenging yourself by your own hand, now then, 10may your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be like Nabal. 27And now let 11this 12gift which your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who 13accompany my lord. 28Please forgive 14the offense of your slave; for 15the Lord will certainly make for my lord an 16enduring house, because my lord is 17fighting the battles of the Lord, and 18evil will not be found in you all your days. 29Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your 19life, then the 20life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the 21lives of your enemies 22He will sling out 23as from the hollow of a sling. 30And when the Lord does for my lord in accordance with all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and 24appoints you ruler over Israel, 31this will not become an obstacle to you, or a 25troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord’s having 26avenged himself. 27When the Lord deals well with my lord, then remember your slave.”

32Then David said to Abigail, “28Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, 33and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, 29who have kept me this day from 30bloodshed and from 31avenging myself by my own hand. 34Nevertheless, as the Lord God of Israel lives, 32who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, there certainly would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one 33male.” 35So David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and said to her, “34Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to 35you and 3637granted your request.”