31. So don’t do anything that would make you guilty of killing innocent people. Please don’t fall into that trap. Please remember me when the Lord blesses you.”
32. David answered Abigail, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel. Praise God for sending you to meet me.
33. God bless you for your good judgment. You kept me from killing innocent people today.
34. As surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, if you hadn’t come quickly to meet me, not one man in Nabal’s family would have lived until tomorrow morning. But the Lord prevented me from hurting you.”
35. Then David accepted Abigail’s gifts. He told her, “Go home in peace. I have listened to your request, and I will do what you asked.”
36. Abigail went back to Nabal, who was in the house. He had been eating like a king, and he was drunk and feeling good. So Abigail told Nabal nothing until the next morning.
37. The next morning, Nabal was sober, so his wife told him everything. He had a heart attack and became as stiff as a rock.
38. About ten days later, the Lord gave him a stroke and Nabal died.