He became as a stone - Probably his violent anger at hearing it brought on a stroke, to which he was predisposed by the drunken revelry of t…

When the wine was gone out. —Simply, when the brutish, selfish reveller had become sober through the passage of time.

His heart…

But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out
of Nabal When he had slept, and was become sober…

David gives God thanks for sending him this welcome check from a sinful course. When anyone meets us with counsel, direction, comfort, caution, or …