1 ^uNow Samuel died. And all Israel assembled ^vand mourned for him, and they buried him ^win his house at ^xRamah.

Then David rose and went down to ^ythe wilderness of Paran. 2 And there was a man in ^zMaon whose business was in ^aCarmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. ^bHe was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; ^che was a Calebite.