But NabalansweredDavid'sservantsand said,"Whois David?And whois the sonof Jesse?There are manyservantstodaywho are eachbreakingawayfrom his master.
Now a worthlessfellowhappenedto be therewhose namewas Sheba,the sonof Bichri,a Benjamite;and he blewthe trumpetand said,"We havenoportionin David,Nordo we have inheritancein the sonof Jesse;Everymanto his tents,O Israel!"
When allIsrael[saw] that the kingdid not listento them, the peopleansweredthe king,saying,"Whatportiondo we have in David?[We have] noinheritancein the sonof Jesse;To your tents,O Israel!Nowlookafter your own house,David!"So Israeldepartedto their tents.
But Pharaohsaid,"Whois the LORDthat I should obeyHis voiceto letIsraelgo?I do not knowthe LORD,and besides,I will not letIsraelgo."
A gentleanswerturnsawaywrath,But a harshwordstirsup anger.
Do not say,"Whyis it that the formerdayswere betterthanthese?"For it is not from wisdomthat you askaboutthis.
Nolongerwill the foolbe callednoble,Or the roguebe spokenof [as] generous.
As for a rogue,his weaponsare evil;He deviseswickedschemesTo destroy[the] afflictedwith slander,Even though [the] needyonespeakswhatis right.
Then Gaalthe sonof Ebedsaid,"Whois Abimelech,and whois Shechem,that we should servehim? Is he not the sonof Jerubbaal,and [is] Zebul[not] his lieutenant?Servethe menof Hamorthe fatherof Shechem;but whyshould we servehim?
Then Saul'sangerburnedagainst Jonathanand he saidto him, "You sonof a perverse,rebelliouswoman! Do I not knowthat you are choosingthe sonof Jesseto your own shameand to the shameof your mother'snakedness?
Everyonewho was in distress,and everyonewhowas in debt,and everyonewho was discontentedgatheredto him; and he becamecaptainoverthem. Now there were about fourhundredmenwith him.
When David'syoungmencame,they spoketo Nabalaccording to allthesewordsin David'sname;then they waited.
