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Nabal

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Nabal (nā`bəl), in the Bible, wealthy sheep owner who resisted David's attempt at extortion. David's anger was appeased by the blandishments of Abigail Abigail , in the Bible.

1 The wife of Nabal. She persuaded David not to take vengeance on her husband. When Nabal died, she married David.

2 David's stepsister, mother of Amasa.
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, Nabal's wife.
Nabal
rudely refuses David’s messengers’ request for food. [O. T.: I Samuel 25:10–11]


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They are now working and earning a decent living," said Nabal Kishore, an artisan.
9780567027535 Saul, Doeg, Nabal, and the "son of Jesse"; readings in 1 Samuel 16-25.
] 2) On page 28, the first eponym correctly states that the original Abigail was the wife of Nabal (Hebrew for fool
 
 
 
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