2-3. There was a man of the clan of Caleb named Nabal, who was from the town of Maon, and who owned land near the town of Carmel. He was a very rich man, the owner of 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. His wife Abigail was beautiful and intelligent, but he was a mean, bad-tempered man.Nabal was shearing his sheep in Carmel,
19. Then she said to the servants, “You go on ahead and I will follow you.” But she said nothing to her husband.
20. She was riding her donkey round a bend on a hillside when suddenly she met David and his men coming towards her.
21. David had been thinking, “Why did I ever protect that fellow's property out here in the wilderness? Not a thing that belonged to him was stolen, and this is how he pays me back for the help I gave him!
22. May God strike me dead if I don't kill every last one of those men before morning!”