1
And
Samuel died; and all the
Israelites were gathered
together, and
lamented him, and
buried him in his
house at
Ramah. And
David arose, and went
down to the
wilderness of
Paran.
w{l -.Wd.P.siY;w lea'r.fIy -l'k .Wc.b'QiY;w lea.Wm.v t'm'Y;w ? d,reY;w diw'D ~'q'Y;w h'm'r'B w{tyeb.B .WhUr.B.qiY;w ? !'ra'P r;B.dim -l,a
2
And there was a
man in
Maon, whose
possessions were in
Carmel; and the
man was
very great, and he had
three thousand sheep, and a
thousand goats: and he was
shearing his
sheep in
Carmel.
lw{d'G vyia'h.w l,m.r;K;b .Whef][;m.W !w{['m.B vyia.w ? ~yiZi[ @,l,a.w ~yip'l]a -t,v{l.v !a{c w{l.w d{a.m ? l,m.r;K;B w{na{c -t,a z{z.giB yih.y;w
3
Now the
name of the
man was
Nabal; and the
name of his
wife Abigail: and she was a
woman of
good understanding, and of a
beautiful countenance: but the
man was
churlish and
evil in his
doings; and he was of the house of
Caleb.
h'Via'h.w lIy'gib]a w{T.via ~ev.w l'b'n vyia'h ~ev.w ? [;r.w h,v'q vyia'h.w r;a{T t;pyiw l,k,f -t;bw{j ? w{b,l'k a.Wh.w ~yil'l][;m
4
And
David heard in the
wilderness that
Nabal did
shear his
sheep.
w{na{c -t,a l'b'n zez{g -yiK r'B.diM;B diw'D [;m.viY;w
5
And
David sent
out ten young
men, and
David said unto the young
men, Get you
up to
Carmel, and
go to
Nabal, and
greet* him in my
name:
diw'D r,ma{Y;w ~yir'[.n h'r'f][ diw'D x;l.viY;w ? l'b'n -l,a ~,ta'b.W h'l,m.r;k .Wl][ ~yir'[.N;l ? ~w{l'v.l yim.vib w{l -m,T.l,a.v.W
6
And thus shall ye
say to him that
liveth in prosperity,
Peace be both to thee, and
peace be to thine
house, and
peace be unto all that thou hast.
~w{l'v '$.tyeb.W ~w{l'v h'T;a.w y'x,l h{K ~,T.r;m]a;w ? ~w{l'v '$.l -r,v]a l{k.w
7
And now I have
heard that thou hast
shearers: now thy
shepherds which were with us, we
hurt them not, neither was there
ought missing unto them, all the
while they were in
Carmel.
~yi[{r'h h'T;[ .$'l ~yiz.z{g yiK yiT.[;m'v h'T;[.w ? d;q.pin -a{l.w ~.Wn.m;l.k,h a{l .Wn'Mi[ .Wy'h '$.l -r,v]a ? l,m.r;K;B ~'tw{y/h yem.y -l'K h'm.Wa.m ~,h'l
8
Ask thy young
men, and they will
shew thee. Wherefore let the young
men find favour in thine
eyes: for we
come in a
good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever
cometh to thine
hand unto thy
servants, and to thy
son David.
.Wa.c.mIy.w .$'l .WdyiG;y.w '$y,r'[.n -t,a l;a.v ? bw{j ~w{y -l;[ -yiK '$y,nye[.B !ex ~yir'[.N;h ? '$y,d'b][;l '$.d'y a'c.miT r,v]a tea a'N -h'n.T .Wn'B ? diw'd.l '$.nib.l.W
9
And when
David's young
men came, they
spake to
Nabal according to all those
words in the
name of
David, and
ceased.
~yir'b.D;h -l'k.K l'b'n -l,a .Wr.B;d.y;w diw'd yer][;n .Wa{b'Y;w ? .Wx.Wn'Y;w diw'D ~ev.B h,Lea'h
10
And
Nabal answered David's servants, and
said, Who is
David? and who is the
son of
Jesse? there be
many servants now a
days that break
away every
man from his
master.
yim r,ma{Y;w diw'd yed.b;[ -t,a l'b'n !;[;Y;w ? ~yid'b][ .WB;r ~w{Y;h y'vIy -n,b yim.W diw'd ? wy'n{d]a yen.Pim vyia ~yic.r'P.tiM;h
11
Shall I then
take my
bread, and my
water, and my
flesh that I have
killed for my
shearers, and
give it unto
men, whom I
know not whence they be?
yit'x.bij tea.w y;myem -t,a.w yim.x;l -t,a yiT.x;q'l.w ? r,v]a ~yiv'n]a;l yiT;t'n.w y'z.z{g.l yiT.x;b'j r,v]a ? h'Meh h,Zim yea yiT.[;d'y a{l
12
So
David's young
men turned their
way, and went
again, and
came and
told him all those
sayings.
.Wa{b'Y;w .WbUv'Y;w ~'K.r;d.l diw'd -yer][;n .Wk.p;h;Y;w ? h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;h l{k.K w{l .WdiG;Y;w
13
And
David said unto his
men, Gird ye
on every
man his
sword. And they girded
on every
man his
sword; and
David also girded
on his
sword: and there went
up after David about
four hundred men; and two
hundred abode by the
stuff.
w{B.r;x -t,a vyia .Wr.gix wy'v'n]a;l diw'D r,ma{Y;w ? diw'D -m;G r{G.x;Y;w w{B.r;x -t,a vyia .Wr.G.x;Y;w ? tw{aem [;B.r;a.K diw'd yer]x;a .Wl][;Y;w w{B.r;x -t,a ? ~yileK;h -l;[ .Wb.v'y ~Iy;ta'm.W vyia
14
But
one of the young
men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold,
David sent messengers out of the
wilderness to
salute our
master; and he
railed on them.
d'x,a -r;[;n dyiGih l'b'n t,vea lIy;gyib]a;l.w ? ~yik'a.l;m diw'D x;l'v heNih r{mael ~yir'[.N;hem ? ~,h'B j;['Y;w .Wnyen{d]a -t,a .$er'b.l r'B.diM;hem
15
But the
men were
very good unto us, and we were not
hurt, neither
missed we any
thing, as long
as we were
conversant with them, when we were in the
fields:
.Wn.m;l.k'h a{l.w d{a.m .Wn'l ~yib{j ~yiv'n]a'h.w ? .Wn.k;L;h.tih yem.y -l'K h'm.Wa.m .Wn.d;q'p -a{l.w ? h,d'F;B .Wnetw{y.hiB ~'Tia
16
They were a
wall unto us both by
night and
day, all the
while we were with them
keeping the
sheep.
~'mw{y -m;G h'l.y;l -m;G .Wnyel'[ .Wy'h h'mw{x ? !a{C;h ~yi[{r ~'Mi[ .Wnetw{y/h yem.y -l'K
17
Now therefore
know and
consider what thou wilt
do; for
evil is
determined against our
master, and against all his
household: for he is such a
son of
Belial, that a man cannot
speak to him.
h't.l'k -yiK yif][;T -h;m yia.r.W yi[.D h'T;[.w ? a.Wh.w w{tyeB -l'K l;[.w .Wnyen{d]a -l,a h'['r'h ? wy'lea reB;Dim l;[;Yil.B -n,B
18
Then
Abigail made
haste, and
took two
hundred loaves, and
two bottles of
wine, and
five sheep ready
dressed, and
five measures of
parched corn, and an
hundred clusters of
raisins, and two
hundred cakes of figs, and
laid them on
asses.
~Iy;n.v.W ~,x,l ~Iy;ta'm x;QiT;w lIy;gw{b]a reh;m.T;w ? ~yia.s vem'x.w tw{w'f][ !a{c vem'x.w !Iy;y -yel.bin ? ~,f'T;w ~yileb.D ~Iy;ta'm.W ~yiqUMic h'aem.W yil'q ? ~yir{m]x;h -l;[
19
And she
said unto her
servants, Go
on before me; behold, I
come after you. But she
told not her
husband Nabal.
~,kyer]x;a yin.nih y;n'p.l .Wr.bi[ 'hy,r'[.nil r,ma{T;w ? h'dyiGih a{l l'b'n H'vyia.l.W h'a'B
20
And it was so, as she
rode on the
ass, that she came
down by the
covert of the
hill, and, behold,
David and his
men came
down against her; and she
met them.
r,tes.B t,d,r{y.w rw{m]x;h -l;[ t,b,k{r ayih h'y'h.w ? H'ta'r.qil ~yid.r{y wy'v'n]a;w diw'd heNih.w r'h'h ? ~'t{a v{G.piT;w
21
Now
David had
said, Surely in
vain have I
kept all that
this fellow hath in the
wilderness, so that
nothing was
missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath
requited me
evil for
good.
r,v]a -l'K -t,a yiT.r;m'v r,q,V;l .$;a r;m'a diw'd.w ? w{l -r,v]a -l'Kim d;q.pin -a{l.w r'B.diM;B h,z'l ? h'bw{j t;x;T h'['r yil -b,v'Y;w h'm.Wa.m
22
So and
more also
do God unto the
enemies of
David, if I
leave of all that pertain to him
by the
morning light any that
pisseth against the
wall.
@yis{y h{k.w diw'd yeb.y{a.l ~yih{l/a h,f][;y -h{K ? r,q{B;h -d;[ w{l -r,v]a -l'Kim ryia.v;a -mia ? ryiq.B !yiT.v;m
23
And when
Abigail saw David, she
hasted, and lighted
off the
ass, and
fell before David on her
face, and
bowed herself to the
ground,
d,reT;w reh;m.T;w diw'D -t,a lIy;gyib]a a,reT;w ? 'hy,n'P -l;[ diw'd yeP;a.l l{PiT;w rw{m]x;h l;[em ? #,r'a .Wx;T.viT;w
24
And
fell at his
feet, and
said, Upon me, my
lord, upon me let this
iniquity be: and let thine
handmaid, I pray thee,
speak in thine
audience, and
hear the
words of thine
handmaid.
yin{d]a yin]a -yiB r,ma{T;w wy'l.g;r -l;[ l{PiT;w ? [;m.v.W '$y,n.z'a.B '$.t'm]a a'n -r,B;d.t.W !{w'[,h ? '$,t'm]a yer.biD tea
25
Let not my
lord, I pray thee,
regard this
man of
Belial, even
Nabal: for as his
name is, so is he;
Nabal is his
name, and
folly is with him: but I thine
handmaid saw not the young
men of my
lord, whom thou didst
send.
vyia -l,a w{Bil -t,a yin{d]a ~yif'y a'n -l;a ? a.Wh -n,K w{m.vik yiK l'b'n -l;[ h,Z;h l;[;Yil.B;h ? a{l '$.t'm]a yin]a;w w{Mi[ h'l'b.n.W w{m.v l'b'n ? 'T.x'l'v r,v]a yin{d]a yer][;n -t,a yityia'r
26
Now therefore, my
lord, as the
LORD liveth, and as thy
soul liveth, seeing the
LORD hath
withholden thee from
coming to shed
blood, and from
avenging thyself with thine own
hand, now let thine
enemies, and they that
seek evil to my
lord, be as
Nabal.
r,v]a '$.v.p;n -yex.w h'wh.y -y;x yin{d]a h'T;[.w ? '$.d'y ;[evw{h.w ~yim'd.b aw{Bim h'wh.y '$]['n.m ? ~yiv.q;b.m;h.w '$y,b.y{a l'b'n.k .Wy.hIy h'T;[.w .$'l ? h'['r yin{d]a -l,a
27
And now this
blessing which thine
handmaid hath
brought unto my
lord, let it even be
given unto the young
men that
follow* my
lord.
'$.t'x.piv ayibeh -r,v]a ta{Z;h h'k'r.B;h h'T;[.w ? yel.g;r.B ~yik.L;h.tiM;h ~yir'[.N;l h'n.Tin.w yin{da;l ? yin{d]a
28
I pray thee,
forgive the
trespass of thine
handmaid: for the
LORD will
certainly make my
lord a
sure house; because my
lord fighteth the
battles of the
LORD, and
evil hath not been
found in thee all thy
days.
h'wh.y h,f][;y -h{f'[ yiK '$,t'm]a [;v,p.l a'n a'f ? h'wh.y tw{m]x.lim -yiK !'m/a,n tIy;B yin{da;l ? '$y,m'Yim '$.b aec'Mit -a{l h'['r.w ~'x.lin yin{d]a
29
Yet a
man is
risen to
pursue thee, and to
seek thy
soul: but the
soul of my
lord shall be
bound in the
bundle of
life with the
LORD thy
God; and the
souls of thine
enemies, them shall he sling
out, as out of the
middle of a
sling.
h't.y'h.w '$,v.p;n -t,a veQ;b.l.W '$.p'd.ril ~'d'a ~'q'Y;w ? h'wh.y tea ~yiY;x;h rw{r.ciB h'r.Wr.c yin{d]a v,p,n ? .$w{t.B h'N,[.L;q.y '$y,b.y{a v,p,n tea.w '$y,h{l/a ? [;l'Q;h @;K
30
And it shall come to pass, when the
LORD shall have
done to my
lord according to all the
good that he hath
spoken concerning thee, and shall have
appointed thee
ruler over
Israel;
r,BiD -r,v]a l{k.K yin{da;l h'wh.y h,f][;y -yiK h'y'h.w ? lea'r.fIy -l;[ dyig'n.l '$..Wic.w '$y,l'[ h'bw{J;h -t,a
31
That this shall be no
grief unto thee, nor
offence of
heart unto my
lord, either that thou hast
shed blood causeless, or that my
lord hath
avenged himself: but when the
LORD shall have dealt
well with my
lord, then
remember thine
handmaid.
bel lw{v.kim.l.W h'q.Wp.l '$.l ta{z h,y.hit a{l.w ? yin{d]a ;[yivw{h.l.W ~'Nix ~'D -.k'P.vil.w yin{da;l ? '$,t'm]a -t,a 'T.r;k'z.w yin{da;l h'wh.y bijyeh.w w{l
32
And
David said to
Abigail, Blessed be the
LORD God of
Israel, which
sent thee this
day to
meet me:
yeh{l/a h'wh.y .$.Wr'B l;gyib]a;l diw'D r,ma{Y;w ? yita'r.qil h,Z;h ~w{Y;h .$ex'l.v r,v]a lea'r.fIy
33
And
blessed be thy
advice, and
blessed be thou, which hast
kept me this
day from
coming to shed
blood, and from
avenging myself with mine own
hand.
yinitil.K r,v]a .T'a h'k.Wr.b.W .$em.[;j .$.Wr'b.W ? yil yid'y ;[ev{h.w ~yim'd.b aw{Bim h,Z;h ~w{Y;h
34
For in very
deed, as the
LORD God of
Israel liveth, which hath kept me
back from
hurting thee,
except thou hadst
hasted and
come to
meet me, surely there had not been
left unto
Nabal by the
morning light any that
pisseth against the
wall.
yin;['n.m r,v]a lea'r.fIy yeh{l/a h'wh.y -y;x ~'l.Wa.w ? yita'r.qil yita{b'T;w .T.r;him yel.Wl yiK .$'t{a [;r'hem ? !yiT.v;m r,q{B;h rw{a -d;[ l'b'n.l r;tw{n -mia yiK ? ryiq.B
35
So
David received of her
hand that which she had
brought him, and
said unto her, Go
up in
peace to thine
house; see, I have
hearkened to thy
voice, and have
accepted thy
person.
w{l h'ayibeh -r,v]a tea H'd'Yim diw'D x;QiY;w ? yiT.[;m'v yia.r .$etyeb.l ~w{l'v.l yil][ r;m'a H'l.w ? .$Iy'n'P a'F,a'w .$elw{q.b
36
And
Abigail came to
Nabal; and, behold, he held a
feast in his
house, like the
feast of a
king; and
Nabal's heart was
merry within him, for he was
very drunken: wherefore she
told him
nothing, less or
more, until the
morning light.
h,T.vim w{l -heNih.w l'b'n -l,a lIy;gyib]a a{b'T;w ? wy'l'[ bw{j l'b'n bel.w .$,l,M;h heT.vim.K w{tyeb.B ? w{L h'dyiGih -a{l.w d{a.m -d;[ r{Kiv a.Wh.w ? r,q{B;h rw{a -d;[ lw{d'g.w !{j'q r'b'D
37
But it came to pass in the
morning, when the
wine was gone
out of
Nabal, and his
wife had
told him these
things, that his
heart died within him, and he became as a
stone.
w{l -d,G;T;w l'b'Nim !Iy;Y;h taec.B r,q{B;b yih.y;w ? w{B.riq.B w{Bil t'm'Y;w h,Lea'h ~yir'b.D;h -t,a w{T.via ? !,b'a.l h'y'h a.Wh.w
38
And it came to pass about
ten days after, that the
LORD smote Nabal, that he
died.
l'b'n -t,a h'wh.y @{GiY;w ~yim'Y;h t,r,f][;K yih.y;w ? t{m'Y;w
39
And when
David heard that
Nabal was
dead, he
said,
Blessed be the
LORD, that hath
pleaded the
cause of my
reproach from the
hand of
Nabal, and hath
kept his
servant from
evil: for the
LORD hath
returned the
wickedness of
Nabal upon his own
head. And
David sent and
communed with
Abigail, to
take her to him to
wife.
.$.Wr'B r,ma{Y;w l'b'n tem yiK diw'D [;m.viY;w ? l'b'n d;Yim yit'P.r,x byir -t,a b'r r,v]a h'wh.y ? l'b'n t;['r tea.w h'['rem .$;f'x w{D.b;[ -t,a.w ? reB;d.y;w diw'D x;l.viY;w w{va{r.B h'wh.y byiveh ? h'Via.l w{l H'T.x;q.l lIy;gyib]a;B
40
And when the
servants of
David were
come to
Abigail to
Carmel, they
spake unto her,
saying,
David sent us unto thee, to
take thee to him to
wife.
h'l,m.r;K;h lIy;gyib]a -l,a diw'd yed.b;[ .Wa{b'Y;w ? .$Iy;lea .Wn'x'l.v diw'D r{mael 'hy,lea .Wr.B;d.y;w ? h'Via.l w{l .$eT.x;q.l
41
And she
arose, and
bowed herself on her
face to the
earth, and
said, Behold, let thine
handmaid be a
servant to
wash the
feet of the
servants of my
lord.
heNih r,ma{T;w h'c.r'a ~Iy;P;a .Wx;T.viT;w ~'q'T;w ? yin{d]a yed.b;[ yel.g;r #{x.ril h'x.piv.l '$.t'm]a
42
And
Abigail hasted, and
arose, and
rode upon an
ass, with
five damsels of hers that
went after her; and she
went after the
messengers of
David, and became his
wife.
rw{m]x;h -l;[ b;K.riT;w lIy;gyib]a ~'q'T;w reh;m.T;w ? yer]x;a .$,leT;w H'l.g;r.l tw{k.l{h;h 'hy,t{r][;n vem'x.w ? h'Via.l w{l -yih.T;w diw'd yek]a.l;m
43
David also
took Ahinoam of
Jezreel; and they were also
both of them his
wives.
'ny,y.hiT;w la,[.r.ziYim diw'D x;q'l ~;[{nyix]a -t,a.w ? ~yiv'n.l w{l !,hyeT.v -m;G
44
But
Saul had
given Michal his
daughter, David's wife, to
Phalti the
son of
Laish, which was of
Gallim.
diw'D t,vea w{TiB l;kyim -t,a !;t'n l.Wa'v.w ? ~yiL;Gim r,v]a vIy;l -n,b yij.l;p.l