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'Now I have heard1that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, 2nor have they missedanythingall the days they were in Carmel.
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So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name;
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and thus you shall say, 'Have a long life, peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
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'Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel.
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'Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son David.' "
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When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David's name; then they waited.