1 Samuel 25:12-14

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹² So David’s young men turned away, and came back and told him all this. ¹³ David said to his men, ‘Every man strap on his sword!’ And every one of them strapped on his sword; David also strapped on his sword; and about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred remained with the baggage.

¹⁴ But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, ‘David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he shouted insults at them.