◄ 1 Samuel 25:3 ►
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New Revised Standard Version
Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean; he was a Calebite.

New American Bible
The man’s name was Nabal and his wife was Abigail. The woman was intelligent and attractive, but Nabal, a Calebite, was harsh and bad-mannered.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.

good

Proverbs 14:1 A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built.

Proverbs 31:26,30,31 She hath opened her mouth to wisdom, and the law of clemency is on her tongue. . . .

was churlish

1 Samuel 25:10,11,17 But Nabal answering the servants of David, said: Who is David? and what is the son of Isai? servants are multiplied now days who flee from their masters. . . .

Psalm 10:3 For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.

Isaiah 32:5-7 The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great: . . .

Context
David, Nabal, and Abigail
2Now there was a certain man in the wilderness of Maon, and his possessions were in Carmel, and the man was very great: and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and it happened that he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. 3Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb.4And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep,…
Cross References
Joshua 15:13
But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac, which is Hebron.

1 Samuel 25:4
And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

1 Samuel 30:14
For we made an invasion on the south side of Cerethi, and upon Juda, and upon the south of Caleb, and we burnt Siceleg with fire.

Proverbs 31:10
Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her.

1 Samuel 25:2
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