And the king said to Ziba, What are these to you? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on, and the bread and the summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine for the wearied to drink in the wilderness.
And he went back to the man of God, he and all his company, and came in and stood before him, and said, Behold, now I know that there is not a God in all the earth except in Israel. And now, please take a blessing from your servant.
Therefore, I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they go forward to you and arrange beforehand your promised blessing, this to be ready, thus as a blessing and not as by greediness.
And Abigail hurried and arose and rode on an ass, and five of her young women following her. And she went after David’s messengers. And she became a wife to him.
And David came to Ziklag. And he sent of the plunder to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, a blessing for you of the plunder of the enemies of Jehovah;