Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

We're back in First Samuel today and the last thing that happened in this storyline

was that David spared Saul's life. Then Saul acknowledged that David would be the

next king. So the timing is right for Samuel to die, which is how our reading

opens today. Then we cut to David and his people who had protected a rich man's flocks

while he was out of town. The rich man's name is Nabel, which means foolish.

They've done Nabelle a service, so David sends his men to ask Nabel for provision so they can keep the feast,

but he refuses and even insults David.

So they decide to attack his estate and take what he refuses to give.

David makes a vow to kill all the males in Nabelle's household.

It's interesting to see how differently David responds here than how he was responding to Saul in the past.

One of Nabel's servants takes word of all of this back to Nabelle's wife, Abigail,

letting her know how honorable and helpful David and his men have been to them.

The servant knows his life as at stake, but he can't appeal to Nabelle because he's an unreasonable

man, so he goes to Abigail instead. She gets some food and wine together, a lot of it,

like she clears the isles at the Israeli Costco

and takes it to David without mentioning it to her husband.

And she has a beautiful approach when she drops off all the shopping carts.

She humbles herself before him and accepts the blame for everything that has gone wrong,

even though it's not her fault.

This helps to diffuse David's anger. Then she reasons with him and wishes him well.

She also seems to indicate that she knows both David's past and future. Unlike Nabelle who

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