5. So he sent ten young men and told them, “Go to Nabal at Carmel, and greet him for me.
6. Say to Nabal, ‘May you and your family and all who belong to you have good health!
7. I have heard that you are cutting the wool from your sheep. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harm them. All the time your shepherds were at Carmel, we stole nothing from them.
8. Ask your servants, and they will tell you. We come at a happy time, so be kind to my young men. Please give anything you can find for them and for your son David.’ ”
9. When David’s men arrived, they gave the message to Nabal, but Nabal insulted them.