And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmun´na, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmun´na now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Ab´igail; and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.