Reference: Abigail,
Hastings
1. Wife of Nabal (1Sa 25:14). She dissuaded David from avenging himself on the surly farmer, and soon after the latter's death married David (1Sa 25:39-42), and accompanied him to Gath and Ziklag (1Sa 27:3; 30:5,18). At Hebron she bore him a son, whose name may have been Chileab (2Sa 3:3), or Daniel (1Ch 3:1), or Dodiel (the Septuagint at 2Sa 3:3 has Daluya). 2. Step-sister of David, mother of Amasa (2Sa 17:25; 1Ch 2:16 f.).
J. Taylor.
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But one of Nabal's young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he railed at them.
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, Who has pleaded the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and kept His servant from evil. For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him as his wife. And when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David sent us to you to take you to him to be his wife. read more. And she arose and bowed herself to the earth and said, Behold, let your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. And Abigail hastened and arose and rode on a donkey, with five of her maids who followed her, and she went after the messengers of David and became his wife.
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow.
David's two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.
David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken and rescued his two wives.
His second, Chileab, by Abigail widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
His second, Chileab, by Abigail widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of an [Ishmaelite] named Ithra, who married Abigail daughter of Nahash, [half sister of David and] sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.