4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
5 So David dispatched ten young men, and said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and when you reach Nabal, greet him in my name.
6 Thus you will say: ‘Long life! And shalom to you, shalom to your house and shalom to all that is yours.
7 Now I hear that you have shearers. When your shepherds were with us, we did them no harm and nothing of theirs was missing all the time they were in Carmel.
8 Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore, let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. So please, give to your servants and to your son David, whatever you find at hand.’”
9 David’s young men went and told Nabal all those words in David’s name, and waited.
10 But Nabal answered David’s servants by saying, “Who is David? And who is Jesse’s son? Nowadays there are many slaves each running away from his master.