²³ When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.^{(A) 24} She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord,^(B) and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say. ²⁵ Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool^(C),^(D) and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.