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.
39. When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise the Lord! He judged Nabal to be wrong for insulting me and kept me from doing something wrong. The Lord made Nabal pay for what he did.” Then David sent a message to Abigail and asked her to be his wife.
40. His servants went to Carmel with this message, “David sent us to get you. He wants you to be his wife.”
41. Abigail bowed her face to the ground. She said, “I am willing to be your slave woman, even if it is only to wash the feet of my master’s servants.”
42. Abigail quickly got on a donkey and brought five of her maids with her. They followed David’s messengers. So Abigail became David’s wife.
43. David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. Both Ahinoam and Abigail were David’s wives.
44. David was also married to Saul’s daughter Michal, but Saul had taken her away from him and had given her to a man named Palti, son of Laish. Palti was from the town named Gallim.