Discovery Box1 Samuel 25:3
Context25:3 The man’s name was Nabal, 1 and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise 2 and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 25:2
Context25:2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; 3 he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
1 Samuel 14:25
Context14:25 Now the whole army 4 entered the forest and there was honey on the ground. 5
Proverbs 31:30
Context31:30 Charm is deceitful 6 and beauty is fleeting, 7
but a woman who fears the Lord 8 will be praised.
[25:3] 1 sn The name נָבָל (Nabal) means “foolish” or “senseless” in Hebrew, and as an adjective the word is used especially of persons who have no perception of ethical or religious claims. It is an apt name for this character, who certainly typifies such behavior.
[25:3] 2 tn Heb “good of insight”; KJV “of good understanding”; NAB, NIV, TEV “intelligent”; NRSV “clever.”
[14:25] 4 tn Heb “all the land.”
[14:25] 5 tn Heb “the surface of the field.”
[31:30] 6 tn The first word of the twenty-first line begins with שׁ (shin), the twenty-first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. The graphic distinction between שׁ (shin) and שׂ (sin) had not been made at the time the book of Proverbs was written; that graphic distinction was introduced by the Masoretes, ca.
[31:30] 7 sn The verse shows that “charm” and “beauty” do not endure as do those qualities that the fear of the
[31:30] 8 sn This chapter describes the wise woman as fearing the
