But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold.

And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.