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Nabal
Nabal was a wealthy man from Maon, described in 1 Samuel 25, who insultingly refused David's request. He escaped David's retaliation through the intercession of his wife Abigail but died about ten days later.
Articles 19, showing 6
- AbigailPeople
Abigail is a woman in 1 Samuel 25. The wife of Nabal the Carmelite, she turned back David, who was on his way to attack her husband, through wise words and gifts, and after Nabal's death she became David's wife.
- CalebitesBible
The Calebites were the descendants of Caleb the son of Jephunneh, or the group belonging to his house. The term is used in 1 Samuel 25 to introduce Nabal, and the Calebites are portrayed as living in the region of Hebron in southern Judah.
- 1 Samuel 25Bible
1 Samuel 25 recounts the death of Samuel, the wealthy Nabal's insulting refusal of David's request, the intervention of Nabal's wife Abigail to avert David's vengeance, and Abigail's marriage to David after Nabal's death.
- MaonBible
Maon was a town in the southern hill country of Judah, and the name also applies to the surrounding wilderness (the Wilderness of Maon). In the Bible it appears as a place where David stayed while fleeing from Saul and as the home of Nabal and Abigail.
- Carmel (Judah)Bible
Carmel was a town in the southern hill country of Judah, south of Hebron and near Maon. Saul set up a monument there, and it is the setting of the story of Nabal and Abigail. It is distinct from Mount Carmel in the north.
Verses in the King James Version 18, showing 6
- 1 Samuel 25:3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
- 1 Samuel 25:4
And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
- 1 Samuel 25:5
And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
- 1 Samuel 25:9
And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
- 1 Samuel 25:10
And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
- 1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
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