⁶ So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be willing to spend the night, and ^(A)let your heart be merry.”

⁹ When the man arose to go along with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Behold now, the day has drawn ^[a]to a close; please spend the night. Lo, the day is ^[b]coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go ^[c]home.”

²² While they were ^[a]celebrating, behold, ^(A)the men of the city, certain ^[b](B)worthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, “Bring out the man who came into your house that we may have ^[c]relations with him.”

³⁶ Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding ^(A)a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, ^(B)for he was very drunk; so ^(C)she did not tell him anything ^[a]at all until the morning light. ³⁷ But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone. ³⁸ About ten days later, ^(D)the Lord struck Nabal and he died.