Ahinoam and David's marriage was very beautiful. They loved each other and cared about each other.
10 months later.
David and his people that came to support him in running away from King Saul, had ran out of food.
There was no food left for the people.
There was a wealthy couple that lived in Camel. The name of the couple were Abigail and Nabal.
I will tell you a little story about her and Nabal before I tell you about the hungry people of Israel.
Abigail and Nabal got married after 2 weeks of knowing each other. It was kind of strange the fact they were so much in a rush to get married.
Nabal was a very rich and wealthy man and admired his wife's beauty.
Abigail was a very beautiful woman, very wise full of intelligence and a woman of God.
After the wedding Nabal bought a big beautiful house in Camel for them to stay in.
He told Abigail that his grandmother, Agnah. That both of them will stay with her.
Agnah never liked Abigail, she just saw her as a trashy human being. She also thought that she was so needy and picky.
The marriage between Nabal and Abigail at first was very sweet, until Nabal started showing his true colors.
𝑨𝑮𝑵𝑨𝑯
𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖?!
𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑰𝑳
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆-
𝑨𝑮𝑵𝑨𝑯
𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕! 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏!
𝑵𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑳
𝑯𝒆𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏?
𝑨𝑮𝑵𝑨𝑯
𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆.
𝑵𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑳
𝑨𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.
𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑰𝑳
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐-
𝑵𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑳
𝑬𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉! 𝑨𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕!
𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑰𝑳
𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝑰𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆! 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. 𝑵𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆! 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆!. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆!
𝑨𝑮𝑵𝑨𝑯
𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕! 𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒌?
𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑰𝑳
𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈
𝑵𝑨𝑩𝑨𝑳
𝑵𝒐, 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆!
𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑰𝑳
𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔! 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓!
𝑵𝒂𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓.
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎.
𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒈𝒏𝒂𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.
Nabal continued treating Abigail like trash. She kept praying to God to change him..Until one day.
David sent two of his servants to go to Nabal to ask for food to feed the people that stayed with in hiding.
David told them to go to the house of Nabal in Carmel and say:
1 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒆𝒍 25:6-8
"𝑷𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆!
𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒍. 𝑨𝒔𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅.' "
FACT: David was not the son of Nabal. It was just an expression of those days. David was the son of Jesse whos grandmother was Ruth the Moabite.
The soldiers have protected the sheeps and fields from invaders in Nabal's property before they followed David.
Then Nabal answered David's servants:
1 𝑺𝒂𝒎𝒖𝒆𝒍 25: 10-11
"𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆? 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎"
Nabal basically refused to give food to the people whom were following David.
Out of anger David was ready to go and kill Nabal and his entire house. So him and his soldiers took their swords and weapons to Carmel.
When Abigail heard the news she was shocked and surprised how Nabal is so greedy.
She was also very nervous because she doesn't want to be killed.
So in secret Abigail told her maids to serve A LOT of food for David and his people.
When David arrived with his soldiers in Carmel, he saw Abigail and her maids in the field. As he was about to commit an iniquity, Abigail was wearing a veil that covered her nose to chin. Immediately ran an put her face on the ground of the Earth an said:
𝑨𝑩𝑰𝑮𝑨𝑰𝑳
𝑵𝑶!. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕.
TO BE CONTINUED..
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