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1 Samuel 25:38 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died. "
1 Samuel 25:38
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36 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. The LORD has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
40 When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
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1 Samuel 25:1
"Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran."
1 Samuel 25:2
"There was a man in Maon whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel."
1 Samuel 25:3
"Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb."
1 Samuel 25:4
"David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep."
1 Samuel 25:5
"David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name."
1 Samuel 25:6
"Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!"
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