15. These men were very good to us while we were out in the fields with the sheep. David’s men were with us the whole time, and they never did anything wrong to us. They did not take anything from us.
16. His men protected us night and day. They were like a wall around us—they protected us while we were with them caring for the sheep.
17. Nabal was foolish to say what he did. Terrible trouble is coming to our master and all his family. You need to think of something to do.”
18. Abigail quickly gathered up 200 loaves of bread, two full wine bags, five cooked sheep, about a bushel of cooked grain, about 2 quarts of raisins, and 200 cakes of pressed figs. She put them on donkeys.
19. Then Abigail told her servants, “Go on. I’ll follow you.” But she did not tell her husband.
20. Abigail rode her donkey down to the other side of the mountain. She met David and his men coming from the other direction.