1. Now Samuel died, and all Israel gathered for his funeral. They buried him at his house in Ramah.Then David moved down to the wilderness of Maon.
2. There was a wealthy man from Maon who owned property near the town of Carmel. He had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats, and it was sheep-shearing time.
3. 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.