³ And the name of the man^◦ was Nabal, and the name of his wife, Abigail; and the woman was of good intelligence, and beautiful of form^◦; but the man^◦ was hard and evil in his actions; and he was a Calebite.

³⁹ And David heard that Nabal was dead, and he said, Blessed be Jehovah, who has pleaded the plea of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept·​·back his servant from evil; and the evil of Nabal has Jehovah returned upon his head. And David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her to him to wife.