Ahinoam and Abigail Marry David – David vs. Saul – The Brick Bible

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There was a very wealthy man in Maon who owned 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail.

1 of 19 1 Samuel 25:2–3

David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep, and he sent servants to say to Nabal, 'I hear that you are shearing sheep. When your shepherds were in Carmel, we neither insulted nor harmed them. Now please provide your son David and us with whatever you have at hand.'

2 of 19 1 Samuel 25:4, 7–8

But Nabal said to David's servants, 'Who is this David son of Jesse? Why should I take the bread, water, and meat I have slaughtered for my shearers and give it to some men coming from who knows where?'

3 of 19 1 Samuel 25:10–11

They returned and told David all these things, and David said, 'I guarded all of this man's possessions in the desert, taking nothing, but he repays me with evil.'

4 of 19 1 Samuel 25:12, 21

David said, 'May God curse me and worse if by morning I've left alive a single of his men that piss against the wall!' And he commanded his men, saying, 'Each of you strap on your sword!'

5 of 19 1 Samuel 25:22, 13

But one of Nabal's servants said to Abigail, 'David sent messengers to greet our lord, but he yelled at them. These men did not insult us and provided protection when we tended our flocks.'

6 of 19 1 Samuel 25:14–16

So Abigail loaded donkeys with 200 loaves of bread, two wine skins, five prepared sheep, five bags of roasted grain, 100 bunches of raisins, and 200 figs. She told her servants, 'Go ahead and I will follow you.' But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

7 of 19 1 Samuel 25:18–19

Riding on her donkey, she came upon David and his men. She fell at his feet and said, 'My lord, let this gift be given to the servants who follow my lord, for Yahweh will certainly establish the house of my lord, making you leader over Israel!'

8 of 19 1 Samuel 25:20, 25, 27–28, 30

David said to Abigail, 'If you had not come so quickly to meet me, by dawn's light not one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive! Go to your home in peace.'

9 of 19 1 Samuel 25:32

When Abigail returned to Nabal, he was holding a banquet, in high spirits, and very intoxicated. And Abigail did not tell him about anything.

10 of 19 1 Samuel 25:36

In the morning when Nabal had sobered up, Abigail told him what happened.

11 of 19 1 Samuel 25:37

And Nabal had a heart attack.

12 of 19 1 Samuel 25:37

And he became paralyzed.

13 of 19 1 Samuel 25:37

After about ten days, Yahweh struck down Nabal and he died.

14 of 19 1 Samuel 25:37

Then David sent servants to Abigail to say to her, 'David has sent us to bring you back to be his wife.'

15 of 19 1 Samuel 25:37

She followed David's messengers and became his wife.

16 of 19 1 Samuel 25:42

David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel as a wife.

17 of 19 1 Samuel 25:43

Saul had given his daughter, David's wife Michal, to Paltiel of Gallim.

18 of 19 1 Samuel 25:44

Saul had given his daughter, David’s wife Michal, to Paltiel of Gallim.

19 of 19 1 Samuel 25:44

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