1 When Samueldied, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah.
Then Davidset out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.25:1 Hebrew and some LXX manuscripts; other LXX manuscripts Maon
David, Nabal, and Abigail
2 Now there was a man in Maonwhose business was in Carmel. He was a very wealthy man with a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel. 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.
4 While Davidwas in the wilderness, he heard that Nabalwas shearing sheep. 5 So Davidsent ten young men and instructed them, "Go up to Nabalat Carmel. Greet him in my name 6 and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and to your house and to all that belongs to you. 7 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. 8 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.’"
9 When David’s young men arrived, they relayed all these words to Nabalon behalf of David. Then they waited.
10 But Nabalasked them, "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters. 11 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?"
12 So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.
13 And Davidsaid to his men, "Strap on your swords!" So Davidand all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
14 Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, "Look, Davidsent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed at them. 15 Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them. 16 They were a wall around us, both day and night, the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. 17 Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!"
Abigail Intercedes for Nabal
18 Then Abigailhurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahsof roasted grain,25:18 5 seahs is approximately 33 dry quarts or 36.5 liters of roasted grain.a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys 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.
20 As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw Davidand his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
21 Now Davidhad just said, "In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good. 22 May God punish David,25:22 Some LXX manuscripts; MT David’s enemiesand ever so severely, if I let one male belonging to Nabal survive until morning."
23 When Abigailsaw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him. 24 She fell at his feet and said, "My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant. 25 My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal,25:25 Nabal means fool.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.
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.
27 Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you. 28 Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
29 And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.25:29 Literally fling away the souls of your enemies as from the pocket of a sling
30 When the LORD has done for my lord all the good He promised, and when He has appointed you ruler over Israel, 31 then my lord will have no remorse or guilt of conscience over needless bloodshed and revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your servant."
32 Then Davidsaid to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day! 33 Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand. 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 Nabalwould have been left alive by morning light."
35 Then Davidaccepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, "Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request."
36 When Abigailreturned 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.
37 In the morning when Nabalwas sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone. 38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabaldead.
David Marries Abigail
39 On hearing that Nabalwas dead, Davidsaid, "Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabaland has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabaldown upon his own head."
Then Davidsent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife. 40 When his servants came to Abigailat Carmel, they said, "Davidhas sent us to take you as his wife."
41 She arose, bowed facedown, and said, "Here is your servant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants."
42 So Abigailhurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
43 Davidhad also married Ahinoamof Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives. 44 But Saulhad given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti25:44 Palti is a variant of Paltiel; see 2 Samuel 3:15.son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
Pessoa
Tribo de Levi
Samuel
שְׁמוּאֵלshəmuelΣαμουηλSamouēl
Samuel, son of Elkanah and Hannah, was dedicated by his mother to the service of the Lord at Shiloh, judged Israel as a prophet, and anointed Saul and David as kings (1 Samuel 3:20).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Paran is a desert where Israel camped after leaving Hazeroth. From there Moses sent leaders of the Israelites, who returned to Kadesh, in the same desert, with fruit of the land (Numbers 13:26).
Maon was the town where a very wealthy man lived who owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats, with property in Carmel; it was also one of the towns of Judah in the hill country (1 Samuel 25:2).
Carmel was the place where Nabal, a very wealthy man, had his property and sheared his sheep; Abigail, who was Nabal’s wife and later David’s, was from there. Saul set up a monument there (1 Samuel 25:2).
Carmel was the place where Nabal, a very wealthy man, had his property and sheared his sheep; Abigail, who was Nabal’s wife and later David’s, was from there. Saul set up a monument there (1 Samuel 25:2).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Carmel was the place where Nabal, a very wealthy man, had his property and sheared his sheep; Abigail, who was Nabal’s wife and later David’s, was from there. Saul set up a monument there (1 Samuel 25:2).
Carmel was the place where Nabal, a very wealthy man, had his property and sheared his sheep; Abigail, who was Nabal’s wife and later David’s, was from there. Saul set up a monument there (1 Samuel 25:2).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
Carmel was the place where Nabal, a very wealthy man, had his property and sheared his sheep; Abigail, who was Nabal’s wife and later David’s, was from there. Saul set up a monument there (1 Samuel 25:2).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Abigail, wife of Nabal of Carmel, brought bread, wine, and prepared sheep to David after her husband railed at the messengers sent by David. She became David’s wife and the mother of Chileab (2 Samuel 3:3).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).
Saul, son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, was the first king of Israel, anointed by Samuel; he disobeyed the Lord, pursued David, and died on Mount Gilboa (1 Samuel 9:2).
Michal was Saul’s younger daughter and David’s wife. She warned David that he would be killed and let him down through a window; later, she despised David in her heart when she saw him dancing before the Lord (2 Samuel 6:16).
David, son of Jesse, was a shepherd in Bethlehem when Samuel anointed him; he defeated Goliath, reigned over Israel in Jerusalem, and wrote many of the psalms (1 Samuel 16:13).