1 Now Samuel ^tdied. And all Israel assembled and ^umourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah.

Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of ^vParan. 2 And there was a man in ^wMaon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was discerning and beautiful, but the man was harsh and badly behaved; he was a Calebite.