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ABIGAIL
- meaning “Cause of Joy” or “Father’s Joy”
We
find
the
story
of
Abigail
in
1
Samuel
25
in
the
Bible.
It
is
noted
that
she
was
a
wise
and
beautiful
Israelite
woman.
She
was
married
to
Nabal,
who
was
extremely
rich,
but
unfortunately
he
was
a
very
harsh
man.
After
Samuel
died
and
was
buried
in
Ramah,
David
went
to
the
Wilderness
of
Paran
where
Nabal
was
busy
sheering
his
sheep
in
a
place
called
Carmel.
During
the
time
David
and
his
people
were
in
the
wilderness,
servants
from
Nabal
were
tending
to
their
sheep.
For
the
time
the
two
groups
were
together,
David’s
people
were
good
to
them.
They
never
hurt
them,
took
anything
from
them
and
protected
them
at
night.
When
David
heard
that
Nabal
was
in
Carmel,
he
sent
ten
young
men
to
him
to
ask
for
food
and
water,
but
Nabal
was
rude
and
refused
to
help
them.
David
wanted
to
take
revenge
and
took
a
hundred
men
with
swords
to
go
up
to
Nabal.
One
of
the
young
men
went
to
Abigail
to
tell
her
what
was
happening.
She
was
upset
when
she
heard
this,
and
as
a
wise
women,
she
quickly
made
a
plan.
She
loaded
donkeys
with
huge
amounts
of
food
and
wine
and
sent
her servants to take them to David.
She
did
not
tell
her
husband
what
she
was
up
to.
Abigail
went
ahead
to
meet
David
and
his
men.
She
fell
down
before
his
feet
and
begged
him
not
to
attack
and
make
war.
She
was
a
believer
in
the
Lord
and
told
David
that
she
believed
he
will
become
the
ruler
over
Israel.
David was impressed with her humility and wisdom and he listened to her.
Due
to
Abigail’s
actions,
she
prevented
war
and
massive
bloodshed.
David
told
her
to
be
blessed
and
return
to
her
home.
When
she
got
home,
her
husband,
Nabal
was
drunk
and
she
could
not
speak
to
him.
The
next
morning
she
told
him
what
happened.
Nabal
got
upset
and
he
became
like
stone.
About
ten
days
after
the
incident,
Nabal
died.
When
David
heard
of
Nabal’s
death,
he
proposed
to
Abigail
and
married
her.
They
later
had
a
son
called
Chileab
(2 Samuel 3:3) who was also known as Daniel (1 Chronicles 3:1).
We
can
learn
a
lot
from
Abigail.
Even
though
she
was
beautiful
and
had
riches
and
power,
she
was
also
balanced.
She
was
extremely
courageous
and
did
not
hesitate
to
put
her
own
life
at
risk
to
try
and
save
others.
She
also
prevented
David
from
committing
a
sin
as
vengeance
does
not
belong
to
us,
but
to
God
as
we
read
in
Deuteronomy
32:35
and
in
Romans
12:19
“
Beloved,
do
not
avenge
yourselves,
but
rather
give
place
to
wrath;
for
it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord
.”
The Sacred Zone, Copyrite 2022, Andrew M. Hayward
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Women in light grey have not yet been published
ABIGAIL
-
meaning
“Cause
of
Joy” or “Father’s Joy”
We
find
the
story
of
Abigail
in
1
Samuel
25
in
the
Bible.
It
is
noted
that
she
was
a
wise
and
beautiful
Israelite
woman.
She
was
married
to
Nabal,
who
was
extremely
rich,
but
unfortunately
he
was
a
very
harsh
man.
After
Samuel
died
and
was
buried
in
Ramah,
David
went
to
the
Wilderness
of
Paran
where
Nabal
was
busy
sheering
his
sheep in a place called Carmel.
During
the
time
David
and
his
people
were
in
the
wilderness,
servants
from
Nabal
were
tending
to
their
sheep.
For
the
time
the
two
groups
were
together,
David’s
people
were
good
to
them.
They
never
hurt
them,
took
anything
from
them
and
protected
them
at
night.
When
David
heard
that
Nabal
was
in
Carmel,
he
sent
ten
young
men
to
him
to
ask
for
food
and
water,
but
Nabal
was
rude
and
refused
to
help
them.
David
wanted
to
take
revenge
and
took
a
hundred
men
with
swords
to
go
up
to
Nabal.
One
of
the
young
men
went
to
Abigail
to
tell
her
what
was
happening.
She
was
upset
when
she
heard
this,
and
as
a
wise
women,
she
quickly
made
a
plan.
She
loaded
donkeys
with
huge
amounts
of
food
and
wine
and
sent
her
servants
to
take
them to David.
She
did
not
tell
her
husband
what
she
was
up
to.
Abigail
went
ahead
to
meet
David
and
his
men.
She
fell
down
before
his
feet
and
begged
him
not
to
attack
and
make
war.
She
was
a
believer
in
the
Lord
and
told
David
that
she
believed
he
will
become
the
ruler
over
Israel.
David
was
impressed
with
her
humility
and
wisdom
and
he listened to her.
Due
to
Abigail’s
actions,
she
prevented
war
and
massive
bloodshed.
David
told
her
to
be
blessed
and
return
to
her
home.
When
she
got
home,
her
husband,
Nabal
was
drunk
and
she
could
not
speak
to
him.
The
next
morning
she
told
him
what
happened.
Nabal
got
upset
and
he
became
like
stone.
About
ten
days
after
the
incident,
Nabal
died.
When
David
heard
of
Nabal’s
death,
he
proposed
to
Abigail
and
married
her.
They
later
had
a
son
called
Chileab
(2
Samuel
3:3)
who
was
also
known
as
Daniel
(1
Chronicles 3:1).
We
can
learn
a
lot
from
Abigail.
Even
though
she
was
beautiful
and
had
riches
and
power,
she
was
also
balanced.
She
was
extremely
courageous
and
did
not
hesitate
to
put
her
own
life
at
risk
to
try
and
save
others.
She
also
prevented
David
from
committing
a
sin
as
vengeance
does
not
belong
to
us,
but
to
God
as
we
read
in
Deuteronomy
32:35
and
in
Romans
12:19
“
Beloved,
do
not
avenge
yourselves,
but
rather
give
place
to
wrath;
for
it
is
written,
“Vengeance
is
Mine,
I
will repay,” says the Lord
.”
