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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Nabal (Man living at the time of United Monarchy)
A rich, hard man. David's men had guarded his shepherds, and when David asked for food Nabal sent back insults. Only his wife Abigail, riding out with a generous gift, kept David from killing his whole household. When she told Nabal ten days later what he had nearly brought on them, he seems to have had a stroke, and he died. David married Abigail.
A rich, hard man. David's men had guarded his shepherds, and when David asked for food Nabal sent back insults. Only his wife Abigail, riding out with a generous gift, kept David from killing his whole household. When she told Nabal ten days later what he had nearly brought on them, he seems to have had a stroke, and he died. David married Abigail.
Nabal was a wealthy but harsh landowner who rudely refused David's request for provisions after David's men had protected Nabal's shepherds and flocks, and only his wife Abigail's quick intervention with a generous gift stopped David from slaughtering Nabal's entire household in retaliation. Nabal died of what appears to be a stroke ten days after Abigail told him what he'd nearly brought on his family, and David married Abigail soon after.
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- 1 Samuel 25:3
- 1 Samuel 25:4
- 1 Samuel 25:5
- 1 Samuel 25:9
- 1 Samuel 25:10
- 1 Samuel 25:14
- 1 Samuel 25:19
- 1 Samuel 25:25
- 1 Samuel 25:26
- 1 Samuel 25:34
- 1 Samuel 25:36
- 1 Samuel 25:37
- 1 Samuel 25:38
- 1 Samuel 25:39
- 1 Samuel 27:3
- 1 Samuel 30:5
- 2 Samuel 2:2
- 2 Samuel 3:3
