19. Then she told her servants, "Go on ahead. I'll follow you." But she didn't tell her husband Nabal about it.
20. Abigail rode her donkey into a mountain valley. There she saw David and his men. They were coming down toward her.
21. David had just said, "Everything we've done hasn't been worth a thing! I watched over that fellow's property in the desert. I made sure none of it was stolen. But he has paid me back evil for good.
22. I won't leave even one of his men alive until morning. If I do, may God punish me greatly!"
23. When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey. She bowed down in front of David with her face toward the ground.