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1 Samuel 25 is the twenty-fifth chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [2] but modern scholars view it as a ...
Abigail. Abigail ( Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל, Modern: ʾAvīgayīl, Tiberian: ʾĂḇīḡayīl) was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death ( 1 Samuel 25 ). [ 1] Abigail was David's third wife, after Ahinoam and Saul 's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti ...
14th-century depiction of Abigail tending Nabal. According to the 1st Book of Samuel Chapter 25, Nabal ( Hebrew: נָבָל Nāḇāl, "fool" [ 1] ) was a rich Calebite, described as harsh and surly. [ 2] He is featured in a story in which he is threatened by David over an insult, and ultimately killed by God.
David tries to get hospitality from a man at Maon, named Nabal, who owns property in Carmel, but Nabal is miserly and refuses. Angered, David prepares to attack Nabal and kill those surrounding him. Nabal's clever and pretty wife, Abigail, sends David provisions, causing David to relent.
Figs are one of the biblical Seven Species and are frequently mentioned in the Bible (for example, 1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 30:12 and 1 Chronicles 12:41). [43] The remains of dried figs have been discovered from as early as the Neolithic period in Gezer, Israel [ 51 ] and Gilgal in the Jordan Valley .
Abigail was the wife of Nabal, who refused to assist the future king David after having accepted his help. Abigail, realizing David's anger will be dangerous to the entire household, acts immediately. She intercepts David bearing gifts and, with what Frymer-Kensky describes as Abigail's "brilliant rhetoric", convinces David not to kill anyone.
Abigail – mother of Amasa, Sister of David. I Chronicles 2:15–17 [1] Abigail – wife of the wicked Nabal, who became a wife of David after Nabal's death. I Samuel 25 [2] Abihail #1 – wife of Abishur and mother of Ahban and Molid. I Chronicles [3] Abihail #2 – wife of king Rehoboam II Chronicles [4] Abishag – concubine of aged King ...
Carmel is mentioned as a city of Judah in the Books of Samuel and also in Joshua 15:55. It is mentioned as the place where Saul erects a monument after the expedition against the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:12). Carmel is mentioned in 1 Samuel 25:2 as the place of Nabal's possessions, who was the husband of Abigail. [4] [5]