David said to Abigail, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me:
It is exactly in situations like this that the glorious character of David, in spite of his sins, shines in its true splendor.  David humbly received the rebuke of this woman, thanked her and thanked God that she had come to meet him with such a plea.  This is very much like the occasion in his later life when he responded to the condemnation of the prophet Nathan, following his murder of Uriah.