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Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, "No, but we will have a king over us,
Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD."
David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
Now one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master; and he reviled them.
"And now this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
So Hannah arose after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the tabernacle of the LORD.
And she said, "Let your maidservant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
And she said, "O my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD.
And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and drove them back as far as below Beth Car.
So when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "There he is, the man of whom I spoke to you. This one shall reign over My people."
When they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the top of the house.
And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.
So David's young men turned on their heels and went back; and they came and told him all these words.
And she said to her servants, "Go on before me; see, I am coming after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
When the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her saying, "David sent us to you, to ask you to become his wife."
So Abigail rose in haste and rode on a donkey, attended by five of her maidens; and she followed the messengers of David, and became his wife.
"Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.