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Hey, this is Shelby and CJ.

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We love walking through scripture with you this year.

We're currently in 1st Samuel, chapters 25 through 27. And C.J., in yesterday's episode,

you mentioned that a couple of the chapters we're going to walk through today could be grouped

with one chapter from yesterday where David is walking through a series of tests,

right? Yes. Yes. Yep. So yesterday's chapter 24 can be read with today's chapters 25 and 26.

So we're going to sort of continue that theme here today. So whereas in 1st Samuel 24,

David acts righteously by not reaching out his hand and snuffing out Saul when he could have, we see that in 1st Samuel 24, David acts righteously by not reaching out his hand and snuffing out Saul when he could have.

We see that in 1st Samuel 25, he acts in the opposite way.

So apparently, David had been watching over this man, Nabal's shepherds, and he now expects

Nabal to reciprocate and show him some hospitality as he's wandering about

and he needs some provisions and food and water and that sort of thing. But Nabil refuses

the hospitality. And David flies off the handle. He's ready to take all of his men and go and

kill Nabil and all his people at his home. And Abigail, Nabil's wife,

hears this, and she ends up in the store being like the paradigm of wisdom and hospitality.

She's shrewd. She's careful with her words. She's able to convince. She just honestly, she's like one of the heroes of the story of Samuel, which is pretty cool. And she rushes out. She has all these provisions for David. And she says, no, no, no. I know my husband. He's kind of silly and he's a fool sometimes. Don't do this. I know that you're headed for the throne.

So somehow Abigail is able to even understand that David is the Lord's anointed.

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