34. Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives—the one who kept me from hurting you—if you hadn’t come quickly and met up with me, there wouldn’t be one single one who urinates on a wall left come morning."
35. Then David accepted everything she had brought for him. "Return home in peace," he told her. "Be assured that I’ve heard your request and have agreed to it."
36. When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was throwing a party fit for a king in his house. Nabal was in a great mood and very drunk, so Abigail didn’t tell him anything until daybreak.
37. In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him everything. Nabal’s heart failed inside him, and he became like a stone.
38. About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
39. When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Bless the Lord, who has rendered a verdict regarding Nabal’s insult to me and who kept me, his servant, from doing something evil! The Lord has brought Nabal’s evil down on his own head." Then David sent word to Abigail, saying that he would take her as his wife.