1 Sam 24:12 "May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you.
1 Sam 24:13 "As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness'; but my hand shall not be against you.
1 Sam 24:14 "After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?
1 Sam 24:15 "The LORD therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand."
1 Sam 24:16 ¶ When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Then Saul lifted up his voice and wept.
1 Sam 24:17 He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you.
1 Sam 24:18 "You have declared today that you have done good to me, that the LORD delivered me into your hand and yet you did not kill me.
1 Sam 24:19 "For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? May the LORD therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day.
1 Sam 24:20 "Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
1 Sam 24:21 "So now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father's household."
1 Sam 24:22 David swore to Saul. And Saul went to his home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.
1 Sam 25:1 Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
1 Sam 25:2 ¶ Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel
1 Sam 25:3 (now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite),
1 Sam 25:4 that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
1 Sam 25:5 So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name;
1 Sam 25:6 and thus you shall say, 'Have a long life, peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
1 Sam 25:7 'Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel.
1 Sam 25:8 'Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son David.'"
1 Sam 25:9 ¶ When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David's name; then they waited.