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1 Samuel 25

After Samuel dies, David’s men ask wealthy Nabal for provisions in return for the protection they had effectively provided his shepherds. Nabal answers with contempt, and David angrily prepares to kill every male in Nabal’s household. Nabal’s wife Abigail intercepts David with food and a wise appeal that stops him from bloodguilt and personal vengeance. Nabal later dies after the LORD strikes him, and David marries Abigail.

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After Samuel dies, David’s men ask wealthy Nabal for provisions in return for the protection they had effectively provided his shepherds. Nabal answers with contempt, and David angrily prepares to kill every male in Nabal’s household. Nabal’s wife Abigail intercepts David with food and a wise appeal that stops him from bloodguilt and personal vengeance. Nabal later dies after the LORD strikes him, and David marries Abigail.

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Verses 1Samuel dies, and Israel mourns for himVerses 2–11Nabal refuses David’s request despite the protection David’s men gaveVerses 12–17David prepares to strike Nabal, and a servant warns AbigailVerses 18–31Abigail meets David with gifts and asks him not to shed bloodVerses 32–35David blesses Abigail’s counsel and accepts her giftVerses 36–38Nabal learns what happened, and the LORD smites himVerses 39–44David marries Abigail and Ahinoam, while Michal is given to another man
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1And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together,…2And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were…3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the…4And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear…5And David sent out ten young men, and David said…6And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in…7And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now…8Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore…9And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal…10And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David?…11Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and…12So David's young men turned their way, and went again,…13And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every…14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife,…15But the men were very good unto us, and we…16They were a wall unto us both by night and…17Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for…18Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and…19And she said unto her servants, Go on before me;…20And it was so, as she rode on the ass,…21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept…22So and more also do God unto the enemies of…23And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off…24And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my…25Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man…26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as…27And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto…28I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for…29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to…30And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall…31That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence…32And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God…33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which…34For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel…35So David received of her hand that which she had…36And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a…37But it came to pass in the morning, when the…38And it came to pass about ten days after, that…39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said,…40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail…41And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to…42And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass,…43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also…44But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to…