The Death of Samuel

25 ^(A)Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and ^(B)lamented for him and ^(C)buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the ^(D)wilderness of Paran.

David and Abigail

² Now there was a man in ^(E)Maon whose work was in ^(F)Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep and one thousand goats. And it happened, while ^(G)he was shearing his sheep in Carmel ³ (now the man’s name was Nabal, and his ^(H)wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was good in insight and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was ^(I)a Calebite),