34. The Lord has kept me from harming you. But I swear by the living God of Israel that if you had not hurried to meet me, all of Nabal's men would have been dead by morning!”
35. Then David accepted what she had brought him and said to her, “Go back home and don't worry. I will do what you want.”
36. Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.
37. Then, after he had sobered up, she told him everything. He suffered a stroke and was completely paralysed.
38. Some ten days later the Lord struck Nabal and he died.