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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 (ăb`əgāl), in the Bible.

1 The wife of Nabal. She persuaded David not to take vengeance on her husband.
..... Click the link for more information. , Nabal's wife.
Nabal
rudely refuses David’s messengers’ request for food. [O. T.: I Samuel 25:10–11]
See : Inhospitality
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Her hopes for the future are shattered when Rivai owes a gambling debt to Nabal that he cannot pay.
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Such is clearly the case with Abigail, who is nowhere referred to as `almanah after the death of her husband Nabal.
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In particular, he cited I Samuel 25:22, where King David threatens Nabal, a wealthy man who has treated his messengers rudely: "So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
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