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And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who David? and who the son of Jessae? Now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master.
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And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?
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So the servants of David turned back, and returned, and came and reported to David according to these words.
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And David said to his men, Gird on every man his sword. And they went up after David, about four hundred men: and two hundred abode with the stuff.
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And one of the servants reported to Abigaia the wife of Nabal, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our lord; but he turned away from them.