Abigail. Abigail was the wife of Nabal; she became a wife of the future King David after Nabal's death.
Abigail was David's third wife, after Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti, son of Laish when David went into hiding, and Ahinoam. She became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3:3 as, Dalouia.
Her name is spelled Abigal in in the American Standard Version. Derived from the Hebrew word ab, father, and the Hebrew root g-y-l, to rejoice, the name Abigail has a variety of possible meanings including my father's joy and source of joy.
In 1 Samuel 25, Nabal demonstrates ingratitude towards David, and Abigail attempts to placate David the son of Jesse, in order to stop the future King from taking revenge. She gives him food, and speaks to him, urging him not to have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed and reminding him that God will make him a lasting dynasty.
Jon Levenson calls this an undeniable adumbration of Nathan's prophecy in 2 Samuel 7. Alice Bach notes that Abigail pronounces acrucial prophecy, and the Talmud regards her as one of the Tanakh's seven female prophets. Levenson, however, suggests that she senses the drift of history from intelligence rather than from special revelat
Abigail was David's third wife, after Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti, son of Laish when David went into hiding, and Ahinoam. She became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3:3 as, Dalouia.
Her name is spelled Abigal in in the American Standard Version. Derived from the Hebrew word ab, father, and the Hebrew root g-y-l, to rejoice, the name Abigail has a variety of possible meanings including my father's joy and source of joy.
In 1 Samuel 25, Nabal demonstrates ingratitude towards David, and Abigail attempts to placate David the son of Jesse, in order to stop the future King from taking revenge. She gives him food, and speaks to him, urging him not to have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed and reminding him that God will make him a lasting dynasty.
Jon Levenson calls this an undeniable adumbration of Nathan's prophecy in 2 Samuel 7. Alice Bach notes that Abigail pronounces acrucial prophecy, and the Talmud regards her as one of the Tanakh's seven female prophets. Levenson, however, suggests that she senses the drift of history from intelligence rather than from special revelat
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