And he sacrifices oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not called to your servant Solomon.
For he has gone down today and sacrificed oxen, and fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king’s sons, and the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they are saying, Let King Adonijah live!
And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings near the Stone of Serpents which is near En-rogel. And he called all his brothers, the sons of the king, and all the men of Judah, the servants of the king.
And he built towers in the wilderness, and dug many wells, for he had many cattle, both in the low country and in the plain; also he had farmers and vinedressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the earth.
And a certain man was in Maon, and his work was in Carmel. And the man was very great, and there were three thousand sheep and a thousand goats to him. And he was shearing his flock in Carmel.
And Abigail came to Nabal. And, behold, to him was a feast in his house, like the feast of the king. And Nabal’s heart felt good within him, and he was drunk until excess. And she did not report to him a word, more or less, until the light of the morning.
And now, I have heard that shearers are to you. And your shepherds have been with us; we have not shamed them, nor was anything missing to them all the days they were in Carmel.