²³ When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell on her face before David’s anger,^[a] and she bowed down to the ground. ²⁴ She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, be the guilt! Please let your female servant speak to you personally!^[b] Hear the words of your female servant! ²⁵ Please do not let my lord set his heart against this worthless man,^[c] Nabal; for as his name, so is he. Nabal is his name, and stupidity is with him! But I, your female servant, did not see the young men^[d] of my lord whom you sent.