Nabal

Nabal

Spouse

Abigail

• נָבָל·Nabal

Includes 4 verses that refer to Nabal without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 1 Samuel 25:3
   His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.
2. 1 Samuel 25:4
   While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
3. 1 Samuel 25:5
   So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
4. 1 Samuel 25:6Referred to, not named
   …and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you.
5. 1 Samuel 25:7Referred to, not named
   Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
6. 1 Samuel 25:8Referred to, not named
   Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son David.’”
7. 1 Samuel 25:9
   When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabal on behalf of David. Then they waited.
8. 1 Samuel 25:10
   But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
9. 1 Samuel 25:11Referred to, not named
   Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
10. 1 Samuel 25:14
    Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them.
11. 1 Samuel 25:19
    …and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
12. 1 Samuel 25:25
    My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
13. 1 Samuel 25:26
    Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
14. 1 Samuel 25:34
    Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
15. 1 Samuel 25:36
    When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
16. 1 Samuel 25:37
    In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.
17. 1 Samuel 25:38
    About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
18. 1 Samuel 25:39
    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
19. 1 Samuel 27:3
    David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
20. 1 Samuel 30:5
    David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
21. 2 Samuel 2:2
    So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
22. 2 Samuel 3:3
    …his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;