When David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep,
Someone told Tamar, “Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep.”
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheep were being sheared at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, Absalom invited all the king’s sons to come to a feast.
This man’s name was Nabal, and his wife, Abigail, was a sensible and beautiful woman. But Nabal, a descendant of Caleb, was crude and mean in all his dealings.
he sent ten of his young men to Carmel with this message for Nabal:
