1. Samuel died, and all the Israelites came together and mourned for him. Then they buried him at his home in Ramah.After this, David went to the wilderness of Paran.
2-3. There was a man of the clan of Caleb named Nabal, who was from the town of Maon, and who owned land near the town of Carmel. He was a very rich man, the owner of 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. His wife Abigail was beautiful and intelligent, but he was a mean, bad-tempered man.Nabal was shearing his sheep in Carmel,
4. and David, who was in the wilderness, heard about it,