Speaker 1: Hey, Sis, Dad, Mom, come on your story.
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Speaker 3: Hello everyone, This is Uncle Dane.
Speaker 4: And I'm an Carol. Welcome.
Speaker 3: Today's exciting Bible story is about David and his band
Speaker 3: of six hundred men.
Speaker 4: Survival was a daily challenge for them. They couldn't stop
Speaker 4: to plant gardens and tend flocks and herds while hiding
Speaker 4: from Saul in his armies. Food was always a concern that.
Speaker 3: Brings us to their confrontation with a wise woman named Abigail.
Speaker 4: You'll find this story in the Old Testament, the Book
Speaker 4: of First Samuel, chapter twenty five. We call it a
Speaker 4: wicked rich man.
Speaker 5: Hey, sell you all the province of God.
Speaker 6: Who is there?
Speaker 5: Oh man?
Speaker 1: Did you hear that Samuel, the prophet of God is dead?
Speaker 5: Yes?
Speaker 7: I heard it. This is a national calamity.
Speaker 8: I can scarcely believe it.
Speaker 7: We the people of Israel, made a terrible mistake when
Speaker 7: we rejected Samuel as our leader and asked for a
Speaker 7: king of rule over.
Speaker 8: He was truly a man of God, a man who
Speaker 8: bore the troubles of his people on his.
Speaker 9: Heart, and a man who interceded with God in our behalf.
Speaker 6: And all Israel assembled and mourned for Samuel. Samuel, and
Speaker 6: they buried him at Raymond. Bitter were the thoughts of
Speaker 6: the people as they looked upon his quiet resting place.
Speaker 6: It was Samuel who had taught them to love and
Speaker 6: obey God. Now that he was dead, they felt that
Speaker 6: they were left to the mercies of a king who
Speaker 6: was joined to Satan and who would divorce the people
Speaker 6: from the God of heaven. David could not be present
Speaker 6: at the burial of Samuel. Nevertheless, he mourned for him
Speaker 6: as deeply and tenderly as a faithful son could mourn
Speaker 6: for a devoted father. He knew that Samuel's death had
Speaker 6: broken another bond of restraint from the actions of Saul,
Speaker 6: and he now felt less secure than when the prophet lived. Thus,
Speaker 6: while the attention of Saul was engaged in official mourning
Speaker 6: for the prophet's death, David took the opportunity to seek
Speaker 6: a place of greater security.
Speaker 10: Joeb, have the men break camp at once and prepare
Speaker 10: to margin. Where are we going, David, I've been thinking
Speaker 10: it over, and I'm of the opinion we should go
Speaker 10: south Egypt. Well, not that far south. Where then, King
Speaker 10: Saul is determined to take my life. I believe the
Speaker 10: place of greatest security for the present would be the
Speaker 10: wilderness of Peiran.
Speaker 2: Oh.
Speaker 9: That's very desolate country. Nothing at all there except perhaps
Speaker 9: at scattered areas of grazing land for sheep herding. And
Speaker 9: there are six hundred of us, you.
Speaker 10: Know, Yes, yes, I know, Joe ab but I believe
Speaker 10: that somehow we'll get along. God will provide for us
Speaker 10: if we trust him.
Speaker 6: So David and his men went to the wilderness of Pearan.
Speaker 10: We'll stay here for a few days until we can
Speaker 10: locate a better camping site.
Speaker 9: Now, do you think it'll be necessary to set up
Speaker 9: the usual system of sentinels and guards.
Speaker 10: Yes, at least for the present. Perhaps it would be
Speaker 10: a good idea to send out scouts locate a water
Speaker 10: supply and perhaps a better camp site. Yes, sir, may
Speaker 10: I bother you, sir Oh, of course, Joeb, have the
Speaker 10: scout's returned.
Speaker 9: Yes, they found that about all the land is good
Speaker 9: for sheep and goat grazing. However, they did discover a
Speaker 9: better location for our camp. Ample water supply, some shade
Speaker 9: and easy to defend if necessary.
Speaker 10: Good.
Speaker 9: But the food is going to be a real problem
Speaker 9: when the provisions that we brought with us run out.
Speaker 9: I don't know what we'll eat.
Speaker 10: Well, we'll just have to manage the best we can
Speaker 10: and trust in God. David, sir, Yes, Joe abput.
Speaker 9: Is one of the men just brought a lamb into camp.
Speaker 3: A lamb?
Speaker 10: Where did he get it?
Speaker 9: And he found it deserted in the ravine north of
Speaker 9: the camp.
Speaker 10: Well, it must be astray from one of the nearby herds.
Speaker 10: Have him return it, sir.
Speaker 9: The men feel, since the lamb has been deserted and
Speaker 9: would have died had not one of us found it,
Speaker 9: that we could add it to our meager rations.
Speaker 10: I suppose they're more or less right. Technically we could
Speaker 10: claim it, but since we know it's astray, I feel
Speaker 10: we must return it. Perhaps you'd better do it yourself.
Speaker 1: Yes, sir, you say one of your men found this
Speaker 1: lamb in the ravine.
Speaker 9: Yes, and we thought perhaps it had strayed from your herd.
Speaker 1: You're correct, it did.
Speaker 8: Oh.
Speaker 1: I certainly appreciate your returning it. My master Nabel takes
Speaker 1: the loss of a sheep or lamb from his herd
Speaker 1: has a very serious offense on the part of his sheepherders.
Speaker 9: Oh, this herd belongs to Nabel the Calabite.
Speaker 1: Yes, this herd and almost every other herd of sheep
Speaker 1: or goats around here. He has over three thousand sheep
Speaker 1: and a thousand goats.
Speaker 9: You'd think he could afford to lose a few now
Speaker 9: and then.
Speaker 1: I should be thankful though so far my flock has
Speaker 1: not been attacked by the Amalekite raiders.
Speaker 9: Do the Amalakites come as far north?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 1: Yes, well not very often, but when they do, it's terrible.
Speaker 1: Several of the shepherds have pleaded with Master Nabel to
Speaker 1: Vidis with a small army for protection from the raiders,
Speaker 1: but he says that there's no one available.
Speaker 9: Oh.
Speaker 1: It seems to me that in the long run it
Speaker 1: would be cheaper for Master Nabel to support a whole
Speaker 1: army and to keep losing his sheep all the time.
Speaker 1: But I guess that's his business.
Speaker 2: I see.
Speaker 9: Well, I must go back to camp. But it's been
Speaker 9: interesting talking with you.
Speaker 1: Goodbye, goodbye and thanks again. Imagine returning a stray lamb
Speaker 1: like that. Why they didn't even know for sure whose
Speaker 1: it was.
Speaker 10: Ah, was your mission successful, Joe Abbey?
Speaker 9: Yes, I think so. The lamb had strayed from a
Speaker 9: flock which belongs to Nabel.
Speaker 10: The Calebite, Enabel the Klebite. He's a very wealthy man,
Speaker 10: isn't he a quite?
Speaker 9: He owns three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, and
Speaker 9: what's more, his shepherds are in need of protection protection
Speaker 9: from the Amalakites. It seems that they periodically make raids
Speaker 9: on the flocks and herds, and Nabel doesn't have anyone
Speaker 9: to protect them.
Speaker 10: Now, the Amalakites are a wicked, crafty, cruel band, Joeb.
Speaker 10: It'll be very difficult task to try and protect shepherds
Speaker 10: from their raids. But on the other hand, since we're here,
Speaker 10: I suppose we might as well be doing something. What
Speaker 10: do the rest of you men think? All right, all right,
Speaker 10: we'll do what we can to protect the shepherds. Now,
Speaker 10: the Amalakites are very clever, so we must also be
Speaker 10: very clever. We will station a scout or a sentry
Speaker 10: on top of each hill, then set up a system
Speaker 10: of signals which will be relayed from one to the other,
Speaker 10: so that all.
Speaker 9: We should see the Amalakites coming over that hill any minute.
Speaker 10: Now, I hope they carry out their raid and their
Speaker 10: usual manner. If they do, they'll play right into our trap.
Speaker 9: I'm sure they will, and I'll bet that it'll be
Speaker 9: surprised first to be attacked by the Amalakites and then
Speaker 9: to see another army you appear from out of nowhere
Speaker 9: in stage of counterattack.
Speaker 10: I hope he's able to comprehend quickly what's going on.
Speaker 9: I think you will.
Speaker 10: Money, watch out what here they come? Now? Let them
Speaker 10: come in closely before you give the signal for the
Speaker 10: counter attack.
Speaker 5: All right, now, Israel, it worked if they fell right
Speaker 5: into our trap.
Speaker 11: Yes, But already they're gathering their forces for a retreat.
Speaker 11: That'll be up to our group by that large rock
Speaker 11: to try and cut them off. Meanwhile, you'd better take
Speaker 11: some of our men to try and round up the
Speaker 11: sheet before they become widely scattered.
Speaker 1: Seventy nine eighty eighty one. Why, it's amazing not a
Speaker 1: single lam or sheep escaped. How can I ever thank
Speaker 1: you enough?
Speaker 9: Oh, it was worth it just to see the look
Speaker 9: of surprise in the face of that Amalakite leader. I
Speaker 9: doubt he'll attempt another raid around here for a while.
Speaker 1: Well, they certainly surprised me.
Speaker 10: Well, we're thankful we could be of service to you
Speaker 10: and your master.
Speaker 1: I know Master Nabel will be thankful. If it hadn't
Speaker 1: been for you, he'd be eighty one sheep and one
Speaker 1: shepherd poor right now. And you can be sure that
Speaker 1: I'll tell him what you and your men did for him.
Speaker 9: David surr.
Speaker 10: Well, oh it's you, Joe ab here. Sit down, thank you.
Speaker 9: They told me you were up here alone. I wanted
Speaker 9: to talk to you.
Speaker 10: You're concerned about the food situation.
Speaker 2: Aren't you.
Speaker 9: Well, don't I have good reason to be well? Perhaps,
Speaker 9: Let's face it, the men haven't had a square meal
Speaker 9: from months. The provisions that we brought with us are
Speaker 9: all gone, and there just isn't enough wildlife here in
Speaker 9: the wilderness to support us. The morale in the camp
Speaker 9: is getting very low.
Speaker 10: You're quite right, Joeb, But I'm sure things will improve
Speaker 10: in just a few more days. Oh, how well, already
Speaker 10: nabel shepherds have started taking his flocks and herds up
Speaker 10: to Carmel to be sheared. It'll be a time of hospitality.
Speaker 10: A Nabel will be well pleased when he learns of
Speaker 10: the service we've been performing for him. These several months,
Speaker 10: we'll send messengers to him with a request for supply.
Speaker 9: Hey, that is a great idea, and I'm sure it'll
Speaker 9: boost morale considerably, just to know that there's some decent
Speaker 9: food on the way. Have you decided who you send yet?
Speaker 9: I'd like to be one of them. And I think that.
Speaker 10: You are all aware that our food supply has been depleted.
Speaker 10: You're also aware that for some time now, ever since
Speaker 10: we came here to the wilderness, that we've been helping
Speaker 10: and protecting the shepherds of Nabel the Kalabites. At the
Speaker 10: present time, all his shepherds have taken their sheep up
Speaker 10: to Carmel to be sheared. Therefore, we have selected a
Speaker 10: group of ten men, headed by joe Ab, to goden
Speaker 10: Nabel and ask that he provide us with provisions. Now,
Speaker 10: Joe Ab, when you approach Nabel, greet him in my
Speaker 10: name and say to him, peace be to you, and
Speaker 10: peace be to your house, and peace be to all
Speaker 10: that you.
Speaker 7: You'd come here and make an accounting of your flock.
Speaker 1: Yes, sir, Master Nabel, how.
Speaker 7: Many sheep have you lost this season? None?
Speaker 2: Sir?
Speaker 7: Now, that's the kind of report I like to hear.
Speaker 7: You know, son, this has been the best year I've
Speaker 7: ever had. You shepherds are improving.
Speaker 1: The credit really should go to David. Sir David, the
Speaker 1: next king of Israel.
Speaker 7: Ah him. What's he got to do with this?
Speaker 1: Well, Sir David and his band of men have been
Speaker 1: hiding in the wilderness near where we graze the sheep.
Speaker 1: If any of them found astray, they would return it
Speaker 1: to the flock, and they protected us from marauders and
Speaker 1: bandits like the Amalekites.
Speaker 7: You mean to say, you fellows haven't improved a bit.
Speaker 7: I ought to fire the whole lot of you. Excuse me, sir,
Speaker 7: but a group of men wish to see you. Where
Speaker 7: are they from? They didn't say, Sir that ten of them.
Speaker 10: Should I have them come in?
Speaker 7: Yes, I guess.
Speaker 9: Excuse me, you stay right where you are.
Speaker 7: I'm not through with you yet.
Speaker 1: Yes, sir, Master Nabel will see you.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 9: We bring you greetings from David, the son of jesse H.
Speaker 9: Peace be to you, and peace be to your house,
Speaker 9: and peace be to all that you have.
Speaker 7: And what do you want?
Speaker 9: I hear that you have shearers. It is a time
Speaker 9: of hospitality. Now your shepherds have been with us, and
Speaker 9: we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all
Speaker 9: the time they were in Carmel. Ask your young men
Speaker 9: and they'll tell you yes.
Speaker 2: Go on, therefore, let my.
Speaker 9: Young men find favor in your eyes, for we come
Speaker 9: on a feast day. Pray, give whatever you have at hand,
Speaker 9: your servants, and to your son David.
Speaker 7: Who is this David? The son of Jesse? And how
Speaker 7: do I even know that you are part of his band?
Speaker 1: They are, sir, I know you.
Speaker 7: Get out of this and don't say another word. There
Speaker 7: are many servants nowadays who are breaking away from their masters. Eh.
Speaker 7: This David that you claim is your leader, he is
Speaker 7: nothing more than an outlaw. Do you think for one
Speaker 7: minute that I should take my bread and my water
Speaker 7: and my meat that I have killed for my shearers
Speaker 7: and give it to men like you? Not on your life.
Speaker 7: Now you go back and tell David, if indeed he
Speaker 7: is your leader, that I don't need his help, and
Speaker 7: that I don't have any intention of paying him anything.
Speaker 7: Now get out, sir.
Speaker 1: May I point out that you are many hundred sheep
Speaker 1: richer because of day.
Speaker 7: I told you to keep still. You're too young to
Speaker 7: understand things like this. Perhaps i'd do owe him something,
Speaker 7: but he can't collect a thing from me. The courts
Speaker 7: are all under the control of King Saul, and there's
Speaker 7: no way he can legally press his claim against me.
Speaker 7: So why should I bother with him?
Speaker 6: Yes, sir, So David's young men turned away and came
Speaker 6: back and told him all that had happened and all
Speaker 6: that Nebel had said. And when David heard this, he said,
Speaker 6: unto his men.
Speaker 10: Every man gird on his sword. Surely in vain have
Speaker 10: I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness,
Speaker 10: so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him.
Speaker 10: And he's returned me evil for good, God, do so
Speaker 10: to me. And more also, if by morning I leave
Speaker 10: so much as one male alive of all who belonged
Speaker 10: to Nabel.
Speaker 6: The hasty decision to seek personal revenge was a serious blunder,
Speaker 6: and was more like the character of Saul than that
Speaker 6: of David. The son of Jesse had yet to learn
Speaker 6: lessons of patience in the school you will Love Affliction.
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Speaker 3: Now let's get back to our story. A wicked rich man.
Speaker 12: There's a young man outside to see you, Mistress. A
Speaker 12: young man, yes, Mistress.
Speaker 8: Who is he?
Speaker 12: I do not know his name, Mistress, but he is
Speaker 12: one of the Master's servants.
Speaker 8: What does he want with me?
Speaker 12: Something of importance, Mistress, A matter of life and death.
Speaker 8: I believe he said, well, he'd better see Nabel, not me, No.
Speaker 12: Mistress, he wishes to see you something about Master Nabel.
Speaker 8: I think, well, show him in. We'll see what he wants.
Speaker 12: Yes, Mistress, you may arise, now, who are you?
Speaker 1: I'm one of Master Nabel's servants.
Speaker 8: What do you want of me?
Speaker 1: I am come to speak to my mistress about David
Speaker 1: and David who is he? He will be the next
Speaker 1: king of Israel.
Speaker 8: Mistress next k oh, you mean that David, the one
Speaker 8: king Saul hates and hunts like wild game.
Speaker 1: Yes, Mistress, well, well, David and his men have been
Speaker 1: staying near where I ten Master Nabel sheep. Now, David
Speaker 1: and his men were very good and kind to us.
Speaker 1: They did us no hurt, neither did they take anything
Speaker 1: from us.
Speaker 8: I don't quite understand, Mistress.
Speaker 1: It's quite hard for a lady to understand such things.
Speaker 1: But out there in the wilderness it's every man for himself.
Speaker 1: Thieves and robbers and marauders are everywhere. Even the Amalekites
Speaker 1: made raids upon us. But David and his men helped
Speaker 1: us protect the sheep and supplies. They were a wall
Speaker 1: to us day and night.
Speaker 8: Why do you come to me with this? I'm sure
Speaker 8: your Master Nabel would be interested and thankful for such
Speaker 8: kindness and help that this David and his men accorded you.
Speaker 8: You'll find Nabel, I think in the accounting room.
Speaker 1: That's just it, Mistress David, who was sorely in need
Speaker 1: of food, sent messengers to Master Nabel to salute him
Speaker 1: and ask for the ordinary, and accepted pay in the
Speaker 1: form of supplies for the help he had given us
Speaker 1: out there in the wilderness. That sounds fair enough, it is, Mistress.
Speaker 1: But the Master didn't think so what. He railed at
Speaker 1: the messengers and sent them back to David empty handed
Speaker 1: and with insults. Why and I'm sure that David will
Speaker 1: revenge his insults.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: Therefore, know this and consider what you should do. For
Speaker 1: evil is determined against our master and against all his house.
Speaker 1: For he is so ill natured that one cannot speak
Speaker 1: to him.
Speaker 8: I knew something like this would happen. Mabel's so miserly
Speaker 8: and greedy.
Speaker 1: In my humble opinion, Mistress, you and only you can
Speaker 1: stop David.
Speaker 8: Yes, you're right, and we must stop him before he
Speaker 8: gets here. Go ask the baker to come here to me,
Speaker 8: and also the chief caretaker and the butler, and yes, uh,
Speaker 8: the stable boy. Yes, Mistress, Baker, prepare me a hundred
Speaker 8: loaves of bread, no. Two hundred immediately, Anne, Butler, I
Speaker 8: want you to get me two skins of wine, and
Speaker 8: oh about a bushel of parched corn, plus well, at
Speaker 8: least five sheep dressed and ready for the cooking fire. Yes,
Speaker 8: hurry nowt caretaker. Yes, you're to go to the storage
Speaker 8: cellar and get one hundred or so clusters of raisins
Speaker 8: and two hundred cakes of figs. Yes, and put them
Speaker 8: into some sort of container that can readily be carried
Speaker 8: on the backs of donkeys, and I'll get going all
Speaker 8: of you. Yes, and you stable boy. Are there enough
Speaker 8: donkeys here to carry all the things I've mentioned? Yes, Mistress,
Speaker 8: will harness them and get them ready for an immediate journey.
Speaker 8: And all of you, I'm in a hurry for these things,
Speaker 8: but I command you keep these things a secret from
Speaker 8: your master. He used to know nothing about us. Now hurry,
Speaker 8: all of you, wait, not you, Yes, Mistress, you heard
Speaker 8: the things I ordered. We shall take them to David
Speaker 8: and meet him before he can get here.
Speaker 1: An excellent idea, Mistress.
Speaker 8: I'm placing you in charge. You take the things and
Speaker 8: the donkeys and start out, and I'll follow as soon
Speaker 8: as I can get away on detect did by the master.
Speaker 8: And be sure the Master does not see you leave,
Speaker 8: or he'll stop you. And well, David will surely avenge
Speaker 8: himself upon the Master and myself and all that we have.
Speaker 6: And Abigail made haste and sent the young men with
Speaker 6: the provisions on before her. But she did not tell
Speaker 6: her husband. And as she rode on the donkey and
Speaker 6: came down under cover of the mountain, behold David and
Speaker 6: his men came down toward her. And when Abigail saw
Speaker 6: that it was David, she made haste and alighted from
Speaker 6: the donkey and bowed herself to the ground, and she
Speaker 6: said to David, Oh, my.
Speaker 8: Lord, David, pray, let your handmaid speak.
Speaker 7: Arise.
Speaker 10: I will listen. Now, what is it you wish my
Speaker 10: lady upon me?
Speaker 8: My lord alone, be the guilt upon me. Let this
Speaker 8: iniquity be?
Speaker 10: What guilt? What iniquity?
Speaker 8: Let not my lord regard this illness?
Speaker 10: What fellow?
Speaker 8: His name is Mabel, my lord.
Speaker 10: Ah, you're speaking about him.
Speaker 8: As his name is, my lord, so is the man.
Speaker 8: Mabel is his name, Folly is his nature.
Speaker 10: I readily agree with you, madame, But what has all
Speaker 10: this got to do with you? What interest do you
Speaker 10: have in this foolish nobel?
Speaker 8: He is my husband, my lord, But I did not
Speaker 8: know about the young men coming to see my husband,
Speaker 8: about supplies. Had I been aware of their coming, their
Speaker 8: request would have been granted.
Speaker 10: I'm sure it would have.
Speaker 8: Now, my Lord, as the Lord God of Israel lives
Speaker 8: and your soul lives, it is my earnest desire to
Speaker 8: prevent my Lord from shedding innocent blood and from avenging
Speaker 8: himself with his own hands.
Speaker 10: You plead your case very well, madame.
Speaker 8: If you will but refrain from avenging yourself upon the
Speaker 8: greedy nobel, then let your enemies and they that seek
Speaker 8: to do you evil be as Mabel, hated and completely
Speaker 8: alone and helpless.
Speaker 10: Not avenge myself upon Nabel after what he did to me?
Speaker 10: Why should I even consider such a request, even though
Speaker 10: the request does come from the lips of a beautiful
Speaker 10: and most certainly sincere lady, all.
Speaker 8: Israel knows that the Lord of Israel will make you
Speaker 8: a sure house, and you will fight the battles of
Speaker 8: the Lord God of Abraham, because evil has never been
Speaker 8: found in you all of your days. But if you
Speaker 8: do this thing against Mabel, then shall my Lord David
Speaker 8: be guilty of wrongdoing?
Speaker 10: Yes, yes, you may be right.
Speaker 8: Now, my Lord, your handmaiden has brought bread and wine,
Speaker 8: raisins and figs, and parched corn and ready dressed sheep. Oh,
Speaker 8: I beg of you, my Lord, accept these gifts and
Speaker 8: let them be given to the young man who came
Speaker 8: to my husband, Nabel. You will accept them and forgive
Speaker 8: the greedy Mabel.
Speaker 10: Well, perhaps, if.
Speaker 8: You will not do this evil thing against Mabel, then
Speaker 8: shall the Lord bring you to the throne of his Israel.
Speaker 8: The God of Israel shall deal kindly with you. And Sir,
Speaker 8: when the Lord has dealt well with my lord David,
Speaker 8: then remember your handmaid.
Speaker 6: As David listened to the words of Abigail, seasoned with
Speaker 6: grace and full of kindness, his angry passion died away.
Speaker 6: He was convinced that he had taken an unwise course.
Speaker 6: Better impulses came to him, and he trembled as he
Speaker 6: thought what might be the consequences of his rash purpose.
Speaker 10: Your counsel, Madam, is good and sound. I was about
Speaker 10: to shed innocent blood. Blessed be the Lord, God of Israel,
Speaker 10: who has sent you this day to me. Blessed be
Speaker 10: you who have kept me this day from blood guilt
Speaker 10: and from avenging myself with my own hand. Oh, surely,
Speaker 10: by mourning, had you not come to me beforehand there
Speaker 10: would not have been left a single mail of all
Speaker 10: the household of Nabel.
Speaker 6: So David received from Abigail the things that she had
Speaker 6: brought upon the donkeys.
Speaker 10: Joe joebb unload the donkeys and distribute the things among
Speaker 10: our men. Yes, sir, And as for you, madam, return
Speaker 10: in peace to your own house, for I have hearkened
Speaker 10: to your voice, and I have accepted your offerings at peace.
Speaker 8: Oh, thank you, David, Son of Jesse and future King
Speaker 8: of Israelow shall we go.
Speaker 10: Now, Yes, Mistress, farewell and blessings upon you.
Speaker 8: Farewell David.
Speaker 7: Sir?
Speaker 8: Whoa there? Whoa take care of him for me, stable boy? Yes, mistress,
Speaker 8: where's the master?
Speaker 12: Master?
Speaker 6: They will have a great feast and celebration, Mistress, good
Speaker 6: feast like out of the king.
Speaker 7: I'll get drunk, have good time.
Speaker 8: Thank you, take care of my mount.
Speaker 10: Now, Yes, Mistress, get up.
Speaker 7: The greatest piece I have again.
Speaker 9: Indeed it is, sir, It's the best feast anyone ever gave.
Speaker 9: It's a feast fit for a king.
Speaker 8: For a king.
Speaker 7: By the way, where is that a game?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 7: Who cares?
Speaker 2: You know?
Speaker 9: She doesn't approve of these feasts anyway.
Speaker 7: Yeah, that's who cares. She's my wife and she should
Speaker 7: attend my feast. I'll have the popular her.
Speaker 1: Good morning, mistress, Good morning. Master Nebel requests you to
Speaker 1: come to his apartment.
Speaker 8: Is he still drunk?
Speaker 1: I don't think so, mistress. He seems to be quite sober.
Speaker 1: He asked for you, all.
Speaker 8: Right, tell him. I'll be there shortly. What do you want, Mabel?
Speaker 7: Don't talk so loud? Oh, oh, my head.
Speaker 8: No, wonder the way you drank last night?
Speaker 7: What happened? Why weren't you there?
Speaker 8: What happened? You just had the wildest party you've ever had,
Speaker 8: and I know that, But where were you? I took
Speaker 8: some provisions to David, and it's a good thing I did.
Speaker 8: He was on his way here with four hundred of
Speaker 8: his men, and he was exceedingly angry.
Speaker 7: Angry Who at you?
Speaker 1: Who else?
Speaker 7: Angry at me? I haven't done anything to him. I'm
Speaker 7: a peace loving man.
Speaker 8: You're a very selfish and greedy.
Speaker 7: Man, I mean, selfish, breedy me.
Speaker 8: I don't think you realize just how fortunate you are
Speaker 8: to even be alive this morning.
Speaker 7: Nabel, What do you mean?
Speaker 8: Well, he was on his way here, he and his
Speaker 8: men to kill you.
Speaker 7: Kill me. What what?
Speaker 8: Because you refuse to give him and his men. They're
Speaker 8: just dues.
Speaker 7: That's why you mean about the sheep.
Speaker 8: Yes, it's the custom, and it's also your duty to
Speaker 8: pay them for protecting your sheep and goats and shepherds
Speaker 8: from harm. You very well know that you were obligated
Speaker 8: to grant his request.
Speaker 7: Me still come here and kill Menabel.
Speaker 8: Run get a physition for your master quickly, yes, mistress.
Speaker 6: About ten days later, Nabel died, and David said, blessed
Speaker 6: be the Lord who has avenged the insult I received
Speaker 6: at the hands of Nabel, and it's kept back his
Speaker 6: servant from evil. The Lord has returned the evil doing
Speaker 6: of Nabel upon his own head.
Speaker 3: Well, our time's almost up, but we hope you have
Speaker 3: pen paper ready so you can send us to your
Speaker 3: request for membership and our adventures in the Holy Bible Club.
Speaker 4: Here's our address your story hour, box eight Niles, n I. L. E. S.
Speaker 4: Michigan four nine one two zero. That's Box eight, Niles,
Speaker 4: Michigan four nine one two zero.
Speaker 3: And when you're right, please don't forget to give us
Speaker 3: your full name and return address.
Speaker 2: This has been your story hour, building for a better tomorrow.
Speaker 4: This is Aunt Carrol and uncle Anne saying goodbye everyone,
Speaker 4: See you again next time.