Skip to main content
  • WORD Research this...
    Search
    1 Samuel 25
    • 1   Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
    • 2   There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
    • 3   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 face: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
    • 4   David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
    • 5   David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
    • 6   You shall tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
    • 7   Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t hurt them, neither was there anything missing from them, all the while they were in Carmel.
    • 8   Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.’”
    • 9   When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
    • 10   Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
    • 11   Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”
    • 12   So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
    • 13   David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!” Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David; and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
    • 14   But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he railed at them.
    • 15   But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
    • 16   They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
    • 17   Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
    • 18   Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
    • 19   She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I come after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
    • 20   It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
    • 21   Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.
    • 22   God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
    • 23   When Abigail saw David, she hurried, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.
    • 24   She fell at his feet, and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.
    • 25   Please don’t let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your handmaid, didn’t see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.
    • 26   Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
    • 27   Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
    • 28   Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.
    • 29   Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.
    • 30   It shall come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you prince over Israel,
    • 31   that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.”
    • 32   David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
    • 33   Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, that have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
    • 34   For indeed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
    • 35   So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request.”
    • 36   Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
    • 37   In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
    • 38   About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
    • 39   When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.
    • 40   When the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
    • 41   She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
    • 42   Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
    • 43   David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
    • 44   Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
  • King James Version (kjv)

    • Active Persistent Session:

      To use a different persistent session key, simply add it above, and click the button below.

      How This All Works

      Your persistent session key, together with your favourite verse, authenticates you. It links to all your notes and tags in the Bible. You can share it with loved ones so they can see your notes and tags.

      However, to modify your notes and tags, you need both the persistent session key and your favourite verse.

      Please Keep Your Favourite Verse Private

      Your persistent session key and favourite verse provide you exclusive access to edit your notes and tags. Think of your persistent session key as a username and your favourite verse as a password. Therefore, ensure your favourite verse is kept private.

      The persistent session key allows viewing, while editing is only possible when the correct favourite verse is provided.

    • Loading...

  • World English Bible (web - 3.1)

    2012-01-25

    English (en)

    World English Bible (WEB)

    Public Domain

    The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely.

    Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. For the latest information, to report corrections, or for other correspondence visit http://www.ebible.org

    • Encoding: UTF-8
    • Direction: LTR
    • LCSH: Bible. English.
    • Distribution Abbreviation: web

    License

    Public Domain

    Source (OSIS)

    http://ebible.org/web/

    history_3.1
    Corrected mis-converted tags (2012-01-25)
    history_3.0
    Updated to text as of 2012-01-11 (2012-01-18)
    history_1.8
    Updated to text as of 2007-08-26 (2008-04-21)
    history_1.7
    Updated to text as of 2007-04-20
    history_1.6
    Move to OSIS, updated to text as of 2006-01-05
    history_1.5
    Compressed the module
    history_1.4
    Replaces some more missing verses
    history_1.3
    Added some missing verses & fixed words in red
    history_1.2
    Fixed footnotes
    history_1.1
    Updated as of 04-13-2001
API: 1 Samuel 25 4d260af4aaeec17f1add1285401d9aceb15b2d97

Basic Hash Usage Explained

At getBible, we've established a robust system to keep our API synchronized with the Crosswire project's modules. Let me explain how this integration works in simple terms.

We source our Bible text directly from the Crosswire modules. To monitor any updates, we generate "hash values" for each chapter, book, and translation. These hash values serve as unique identifiers that change only when the underlying content changes, thereby ensuring a tight integration between getBible and the Crosswire modules.

Every month, an automated process runs for approximately three hours. During this window, we fetch the latest Bible text from the Crosswire modules. Subsequently, we compare the new hash values and the text with the previous ones. Any detected changes trigger updates to both our official getBible hash repository and the Bible API for all affected translations. This system has been operating seamlessly for several years.

Once the updates are complete, any application utilizing our Bible API should monitor the hash values at the chapter, book, or translation level. Spotting a change in these values indicates that they should update their respective systems.

Hash values can change due to various reasons, including textual corrections like adding omitted verses, rectifying spelling errors, or addressing any discrepancies flagged by the publishers maintaining the modules at Crosswire.

The Crosswire initiative, also known as the SWORD Project, is the "source of truth" for getBible. Any modifications in the Crosswire modules get reflected in our API within days, ensuring our users access the most precise and current Bible text. We pledge to uphold this standard as long as getBible exists and our build scripts remain operational.

We're united in our mission to preserve the integrity and authenticity of the Bible text. If you have questions or require additional information, please use our support system. We're here to assist and will respond promptly.

Thank you for your understanding and for being an integral part of the getBible community.

Favourite Verse

You should select one of your favourite verses.

This verse in combination with your session key will be used to authenticate you in the future.

This is currently the active session key.

Should you have another session key from a previous session.
You can add it here to load your previous session.

1 Samuel 25:

Sharing the Word of God with the world.
  • Share Text
    ...
  • Share Link
Notes Tags

1 Samuel 25:1

Tagging this verse.

The active verse selected text should load here.

Active

Available Tags

Drag and drop the desired tag from the available ones to the active area.

To un-tag a verse, drag and drop the desired tag from active to the available tags area.

Notes Share

Edit Tag

Create Tag

1 Samuel 25:1

Notes on this verse.

The active verse selected text should load here.

Tags Share
To share His Word!
getBible.net