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So the two of them cut a covenant before Yahweh; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.

So now, O king, according to all the desire of your soul to come down, come down here; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand."

So see and know about all the hiding places where he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah."

So Saul and his men went to seek him, and they told David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard it and pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.

So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.

So he said to his men, "Far be it from me because of Yahweh that I should do this thing to my lord, the anointed of Yahweh, to send forth my hand against him, since he is the anointed of Yahweh."

So now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.

So now swear to me by Yahweh that you will not cut off my seed after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father's household."

So David swore to Saul. And Saul went to his home, but David and his men went up to the fortress.

So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, come to Nabal, and greet him in my name;

So now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us; and we have not dishonored them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel.

So David's young men went back on their way and returned; and they came and told him according to all these words.

Then David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." So each man girded on his sword. And David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David, and two hundred stayed with the baggage.

So now, know and see what you should do, for evil is decided against our master and against all his household; and he is such a vile man that no one can speak to him."

So it was happening, as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; and she met them.

Now David had said, "Surely for a lie I have guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good.

May God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if by morning I leave as much as one male of any who belong to him."

Then Abigail saw David; so she hurried and dismounted from her donkey and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground.

Please do not let my lord pay attention to this vile man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and wicked foolishness is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

"So now, my lord, as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has restrained you from shedding blood, and from saving yourself by your own hand, so now, let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal.