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And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and a very great man; and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in Carmel.
1
And Samuel died, and all Israel assembled, and bewailed him, and they bury him in his house in Armathaim: and David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Maon.
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And there was a man in Maon, and his flocks were in Carmel, and a very great man; and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand she-goats: and he happened to be shearing his flock in Carmel.
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And the man's name Nabal, and his wife's name Abigaia: and his wife of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man harsh, and evil in his doings, and the man churlish.
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And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep.
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And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is.
Footnotes 1
[a].
3,000 flocks; as we say in English, 3,000 troops, meaning men formed into troops.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.