³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, ‘Blessed be the Lord who championed my cause against Nabal’s insults^(A) and restrained his servant from doing evil.^(B) The Lord brought Nabal’s evil deeds back on his own head.’^(C)

Then David sent messengers to speak to Abigail about marrying him.

³³ The responsibility for their deaths will come back to Joab and to his descendants^[a] for ever, but for David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne, there will be peace from the Lord for ever.’^(A)

²⁵ But when the matter was brought before the king,^(A) he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head^(B) and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.^(C)