19. And she said to her servants, “Go on before me. See, I will be coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
20. And as she was riding on the donkey and going down into the cover of the mountain, David and his men were coming down to meet her and she met them.
21. Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him. And he has returned me evil for good.
22. So may God do unto the enemies of David and more also, if by morning I leave even one male of all who belong to him.”
23. When Abigail saw David, she hurriedly got down from the donkey and fell before David upon her face. And she bowed herself to the ground.
24. So she fell at his feet and said, “Against me alone, my lord, is the guilt. Please let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.
25. Please do not let my lord set his heart against this worthless man, against Nabal. For as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.