1 Samuel 25:3

1 When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.

2 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.

5 So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name

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ÅB
Mannens navn var Nabal, og hans hustru hette Abiga'il; hun var en forstandig og fager kvinne, men mannen var hård og ond i hele sin adferd. Han var av Kalebs slekt.
OTB
For mannens navn var Nabal, og hans kones navn var Abigail. Kvinnen var klok og vakker, men mannen var hard og uærlig i sine handlinger, og han var en kalebitt.
B1930
Mannens navn var Nabal, og hans hustru hette Abiga'il; hun var en forstandig og fager kvinne, men mannen var hård og ond i hele sin adferd. Han var av Kalebs ætt.
BSB
His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
KJV
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
WEB
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
ASV
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
DARBY
And the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was a Calebite.
BLB
And the name of the man [was] Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And [she was] a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance, and the man [was] harsh and evil in [his] deeds; and he [was] a Calebite.

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