that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
Then it was told to Tamar, “Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
Now it happened after two full years that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
(now the man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. And the woman was good in insight and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),
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;