Angela Teaches
Honor Christ by stepping in to help resolve conflict.
Society encourages us to "live and let live" and to "mind your own business." Even the Bible exhorts us not to be busybodies or stick our noses in everyone else's affairs. But the Bible also calls us to support one another, and that often means intervening when someone is about to cause harm. Christians cannot sit idly by, "it is sin to know good and yet not do it." Abigail is an example of how to intervene with humility.
As Israel was moving from a tribal confederation to a strong nation, Samuel anointed two kings of Israel, Saul first, later David. Samuel died and David and his 600 men camped in the wilderness about seven to eight miles south of Hebron.
Nabal and his wife Abigail, had thousands of sheep and goats being sheared in Carmel. Nabal was very rich, but he was also selfish, mean and nasty. He was a man who had a lot of property and possessions and animals, but very little spirit–the quality that makes us good and happy, kind-hearted and generous. David's fury was kindled against Nabal when Nabal slighted and showed disrespect to David and his men. David had every intention of killing Nabal and his men. Nabal, whose name means foolish lived up to his name.
But Nabal was married to a wise and beautiful woman named Abigail. Abigail, whose name means my father is joy, also lives up to her name. The biblical writer described Abigail as intelligent and beautiful. She was asked to intervene to keep David from killing her foolish husband.
David was a strong and brave warrior, with a following of strong and brave soldiers. It was well known that he was destined to become king. Abigail honored the Lord by stepping in to resolve the conflict and sparing David potential harm to his reputation by taking matters into his own hands. She brought David and his 600 men 200 loaves of bread, 2 clay jars of wine, 500 butchered sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 cakes of pressed figs.
Nabal and his wife Abigail, had thousands of sheep and goats being sheared in Carmel. Nabal was very rich, but he was also selfish, mean and nasty. He was a man who had a lot of property and possessions and animals, but very little spirit–the quality that makes us good and happy, kind-hearted and generous. David's fury was kindled against Nabal when Nabal slighted and showed disrespect to David and his men. David had every intention of killing Nabal and his men. Nabal, whose name means foolish lived up to his name. But Nabal was married to a wise and beautiful woman named Abigail. Abigail, whose name means my father is joy, also lives up to her name. The biblical writer described Abigail as intelligent and beautiful. She was asked to intervene to keep David from killing her foolish husband.
David was a strong and brave warrior, with a following of strong and brave soldiers. It was well known that he was destined to become king. Abigail honored the Lord by stepping in to resolve the conflict and sparing David potential harm to his reputation by taking matters into his own hands. She brought David and his 600 men 200 loaves of bread, 2 clay jars of wine, 500 butchered sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 cakes of pressed figs.
As a result of Abigail's character, beauty, and wealth, and upon the death of Nabal about a week and a half after she told him how close he had come to death at David's hand, she became David's wife.
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