Fools should not live in luxury, and slaves should not rule over noblemen.

Someone in authority who oppresses poor people is like a driving rain that destroys the crops.

I have seen slaves on horseback while noblemen go on foot like slaves.

The LORD will let the people be governed by immature boys.

Everyone will take advantage of everyone else. Young people will not respect their elders, and worthless people will not respect their superiors.

(SEE 25:2)

and Nabal finally answered, "David? Who is he? I've never heard of him! The country is full of runaway slaves nowadays!

I'm not going to take my bread and water, and the animals I have butchered for my sheepshearers, and give them to people who come from I don't know where!"

Please, don't pay any attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing! He is exactly what his name means---a fool! I wasn't there when your servants arrived, sir.

Abigail went back to Nabal, who was at home having a feast fit for a king. He was drunk and in a good mood, so she did not tell him anything until the next morning.

Some ten days later the LORD struck Nabal and he died.

And he led David to them. The raiders were scattered all over the place, eating, drinking, and celebrating because of the enormous amount of loot they had captured from Philistia and Judah.