Abigail (wife of Nabal)
아비가일 (나발의 아내)
Named at 1 Samuel 25:3 as Nabal’s wife: “This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face.” At 25:14 one of the young men tells her, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.” At 25:18–20 she hurries and takes two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and lays them on donkeys; she doesn’t tell her husband, Nabal, and as she comes down hidden by the mountain she meets David and his men. At 25:23–31 she falls before David on her face and says, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame!”, and says, “For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house”; at 25:32–35 David says, “Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you”, and receives from her hand that which she had brought him. At 25:36–37 she tells Nabal nothing until the morning light, and in the morning tells him these things. At 25:39–42 David sends to take her to himself as wife, and she goes after the messengers of David with her five maids, and becomes his wife. At 27:3 she is one of David’s two wives, “Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife”. 2 Samuel 3:3 names her as the mother of the second of the sons born to David in Hebron: “his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite”.
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- 1CH 3:1–4, engwebp
1Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
2the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
3the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:
4six were born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months. He reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem;
- 1SA 25:2–3, engwebp
2There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
3Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
- 1SA 25:14–17, engwebp
14But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.
15But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
16They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
17Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
- 1SA 25:18–22, engwebp
18Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
19She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
20As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.
21Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.
22God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
- 1SA 25:23–31, engwebp
23When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.
24She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
25Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
26Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies and those who seek evil to my lord be as Nabal.
27Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
28Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the LORD’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
29Though men may rise up to pursue you and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies as from a sling’s pocket.
30It will come to pass, when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,
31that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
- 1SA 25:32–35, engwebp
32David said to Abigail, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
33Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
34For indeed, as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”
35So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice and have granted your request.”
- 1SA 25:36–38, engwebp
36Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
37In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.
- 1SA 25:39–42, engwebp
39When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. The LORD has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
40When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
41She arose and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
42Abigail hurriedly arose and rode on a donkey with her five maids who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
- 1SA 27:1–4, engwebp
1David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So I will escape out of his hand.”
2David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
4Saul was told that David had fled to Gath, so he stopped looking for him.
- 1SA 30:1–6, engwebp
1When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,
2and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off and went their way.
3When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
4Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
5David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
6David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.
- 1SA 30:17–20, engwebp
17David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
18David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
19There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken. David brought them all back.
20David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
- 2SA 2:1–4, engwebp
1After this, David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” The LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”
2So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
3David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.
4The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”
- 2SA 3:2–5, engwebp
2Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
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Unresolved interpretation: David’s second son: Chileab of 2 Samuel 3:3 and Daniel of 1 Chronicles 3:1
- 2 Samuel 3:2–3 says, “Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite”.
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- 2SA 3:2–5, engwebp
2Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
- 2SA 3:2–5, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 3:1 says, “Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess”.
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- 1CH 3:1–4, engwebp
1Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
2the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
3the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:
4six were born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months. He reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem;
- 1CH 3:1–4, engwebp
2 Samuel 3:3 names David’s second son born in Hebron “Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite”, and 1 Chronicles 3:1 names the second “Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess”. Both editions write the two names differently (the Korean Revised Version 길르압 and 다니엘, WEB Chileab and Daniel). This collection records the Abigail of 1 Chronicles 3:1 in the entry of Abigail the wife of Nabal, and records Daniel in a list of names as the son of David and Abigail, linked to no entry. The text does not say whether Chileab and Daniel are the same son, and this collection does not decide whether they are.
All 13 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Nabal — Spouse of — Abigail (wife of Nabal)
Evidence: 1 Samuel 25:2–3, 1 Samuel 25:14–17, 1 Samuel 25:18–22, 1 Samuel 25:36–38, 1 Samuel 27:1–4, 2 Samuel 2:1–4
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David — Spouse of — Abigail (wife of Nabal)
Evidence: 1 Samuel 25:39–42, 1 Samuel 27:1–4, 2 Samuel 2:1–4
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Abigail (wife of Nabal) — Mother of — Chileab
Evidence: 2 Samuel 3:2–5
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Took part in (10) — What one of the young men tells Abigail, Abigail lays bread and wine on donkeys, comes down, and meets David, Abigail’s words at David’s feet, David blesses the LORD and receives what Abigail has brought, Nabal, who held a feast like the feast of a king, dies about ten days later, After Nabal is dead, Abigail becomes David’s wife, David passes over with six hundred men and lives with Achish at Gath, The Amalekites burn Ziklag and take the women captive, David strikes the Amalekites and recovers all that they had taken, David goes up to Hebron, and the men of Judah anoint him king over the house of Judah
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Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed herself to the ground.
David said to Abigail, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. The LORD has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Abigail (wife of Nabal) (person-abigail) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/abigail Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 25:3 as Nabal’s wife: “This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face.” At 25:14 one of the young men tells her, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; and he insulted them.” At 25:18–20 she hurries and takes two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and lays them on donkeys; she doesn’t tell her husband, Nabal, and as she comes down hidden by the mountain she meets David and his men. At 25:23–31 she falls before David on her face and says, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame!”, and says, “For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house”; at 25:32–35 David says, “Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you”, and receives from her hand that which she had brought him. At 25:36–37 she tells Nabal nothing until the morning light, and in the morning tells him these things. At 25:39–42 David sends to take her to himself as wife, and she goes after the messengers of David with her five maids, and becomes his wife. At 27:3 she is one of David’s two wives, “Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife”. 2 Samuel 3:3 names her as the mother of the second of the sons born to David in Hebron: “his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite”. Cited evidence: 1CH 3:1–4, engwebp / 1SA 25:2–3, engwebp / 1SA 25:14–17, engwebp / 1SA 25:18–22, engwebp / 1SA 25:23–31, engwebp / 1SA 25:32–35, engwebp / 1SA 25:36–38, engwebp / 1SA 25:39–42, engwebp (and 5 more of 13) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.