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David and Abigail by Antonio Molinari Prudent Abigail by Juan Antonio Escalante David and Abigail, 1860 woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld. Abigail (Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל, Modern: ʾAvīgayīl, Tiberian: ʾĂḇīḡayīl) was an Israelite woman in the Hebrew Bible married to Nabal; she married the future King David after Nabal's death (1 Samuel 25). [1]
Abigail is described in the account as being beautiful and intelligent, [2] and the aggadah treats Abigail as being one of the four most beautiful women in Jewish history (the other three being Sarah, Rahab, and Esther); [17] in the aggadah it is claimed that David nearly fell in love with her while she was still the wife of Nabal, but Abigail's moral strength and dignity prevented any ...
Nabal (in Hebrew meaning 'fool') was a 'surly and mean' man, but his wife Abigail was 'clever and beautiful', personifying the fool and the virtuous wife in wisdom literature. [17] The first part of the narrative (verses 2–12) detailed how Nabal foolishly refused David's request for provision, which was carefully structured in verses 5–8 ...
Carmel is mentioned in 1 Samuel 25:2 as the place of Nabal's possessions, who was the husband of Abigail. [4] [5] Beside the agricultural importance of the site, Carmel had also a strategic importance because of it containing the only reliable natural spring of water in the immediate area, [1] which waters are collected in a man-made pool.
The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place at Quincy High School Auditorium, 100 Coddington St., on Saturday, March 9 from 2 to 5 p.m.
The "I Can Do It With a Broken Heart" singer's longtime best friend, Abigail Anderson Berard, is pregnant. Berard is expecting her first child with husband Charles after the couple tied the knot ...
The newly unsealed documents provide insight into what investigators found at the crime scene as well as their interactions with Richard Allen before and after his arrest.
According to Rashi, Rabbi Isaac said that some questioned whether Abigail was pregnant through David or her first husband, Nabal; therefore, God arranged that Chileab would resemble David. [6] It is possible his name "Chileab," which can be translated "perfection of the father," [7] is a reference to (or cause of) that legend. [6]