13. Thereupon David said to his men, “Let everyone strap on his sword.” And everyone did so, and David put on his own sword. About four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.
14. Abigail, Nabal’s wife, was informed of this by one of the servants, who said: “From the wilderness David sent messengers to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
15. Yet these men were very good to us. We were not harmed, neither did we miss anything all the while we were living among them during our stay in the open country.
16. Day and night they were a wall of protection for us, the whole time we were pasturing the sheep near them.
17. Now, see what you can do, for you must realize that otherwise disaster is in store for our master and for his whole house. He is such a scoundrel that no one can talk to him.”