3. The man’s name was Nabal and the name of his wife Abigail. She was a woman of good understanding and beautiful, but the man was harsh and evil in his actions and he was a Calebite.
4. David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
5. So David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.
6. And thus you will you say to him who lives in prosperity, ‘Peace be to you and peace to your house, and to all that you have, peace.