³⁸ About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal down. And he died.

³⁹ David heard that Nabal was dead. So he said, “Give praise to the Lord. Nabal was rude to me. But the Lord stood up for me. He has kept me from doing something wrong. He has paid Nabal back for the wrong things he did.”

Then David sent a message to Abigail. He asked her to become his wife. ⁴⁰ His servants went to Carmel. They said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you. He wants you to come back with us and become his wife.”