1 Samuel 25:2

David Marries Abigail the Widow of Nabal

25:2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; ¹  he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he ²  sent ten servants, ³  saying to them, ⁴  “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 25:40

25:40 So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

1 Samuel 15:12

15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where ⁶  he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left ⁷  and went down to Gilgal.” ⁸ 

1 Samuel 25:7

25:7 Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

1 Samuel 30:5

30:5 David’s two wives had been taken captive – Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

1 Samuel 27:3

27:3 David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. ⁹  David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

1 Samuel 30:29

30:29 and Racal; for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

[25:2]  ¹ tn Heb “great.”

[25:5]  ² tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

[25:5]  ³ tn Or “young men.”

[25:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

[25:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “and look.”

[15:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”

[15:12]  ⁵ tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin ms include the following words not found in the MT: “to Saul. And behold, he was offering as a burnt offering to the Lord the best of the spoils that he had brought from the Amalekites.”

[27:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man and his house.”