5 so he sent ten young men, instructing them: “Go up to Carmel. Pay Nabal a visit and greet him in my name.
6 Say to him, ‘Peace be with you, my brother, and with your family, and with all who belong to you.
7 I have just heard that shearers are with you. Now, when your shepherds were with us, we did them no injury, neither did they miss anything while they were in Carmel.
8 Ask your servants and they will tell you. Look kindly on these young men, since we come at a festival time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can.’”
9 When David’s young men arrived, they delivered the entire message to Nabal in David’s name, and then waited.
10 But Nabal answered the servants of David: “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? Nowadays there are many servants who run away from their masters.
11 Must I take my bread, my wine, my meat that I have slaughtered for my own shearers, and give them to men who come from who knows where?”