33 And blessed are you, who prevented me today from going to blood, and from taking revenge for myself with my own hand.
34 But instead, as the Lord God of Israel lives, he has prevented me from doing evil to you. But if you had not come quickly to meet me, there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light, anything that urinates against a wall.'
35 Then David received from her hand all that she had brought to him. And he said to her: 'Go in peace to your own house. Behold, I have heeded your voice, and I have honored your face.'
36 Then Abigail went to Nabal. And behold, he was holding a feast for himself in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal was cheerful. For he was greatly inebriated. And she did not reveal a word to him, small or great, until morning.
37 Then, at first light, when Nabal had digested his wine, his wife revealed to him these words, and his heart died within himself, and he became like a stone.
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