Verse 18

1 Samuel 25:18

American Standard Version

18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תְּמַהֵ֣ר אבוגיל אֲבִיגַ֡יִל וַ/תִּקַּח֩ מָאתַ֨יִם לֶ֜חֶם וּ/שְׁנַ֣יִם נִבְלֵי יַ֗יִן וְ/חָמֵ֨שׁ צֹ֤אן עשוות עֲשׂוּיֹת֙ וְ/חָמֵ֤שׁ סְאִים֙ קָלִ֔י וּ/מֵאָ֥ה צִמֻּקִ֖ים וּ/מָאתַ֣יִם דְּבֵלִ֑ים וַ/תָּ֖שֶׂם עַל הַ/חֲמֹרִֽים
English Translation
And Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two skins of wine and five sheep, prepared, and five measures of roasted grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and she laid them on the donkeys.
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Chapter 25 Context
1 And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in hi... Focus ↗
2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he ha... Focus ↗
3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good under... Focus ↗
4 And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. Focus ↗
5 And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nab... Focus ↗
6 and thus shall ye say to him that liveth [in prosperity], Peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy ho... Focus ↗
7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them n... Focus ↗
8 Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes; fo... Focus ↗
9 And when David`s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of Dav... Focus ↗
10 And Nabal answered David`s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are... Focus ↗
11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give... Focus ↗
12 So David`s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all thes... Focus ↗
13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword;... Focus ↗
14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal`s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of th... Focus ↗
15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we anything, as long as we... Focus ↗
16 they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep... Focus ↗
17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and ag... Focus ↗
18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready...
19 And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her hus... Focus ↗
20 And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, Da... Focus ↗
21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that... Focus ↗
22 God (Elohim) do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him b... Focus ↗
23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face... Focus ↗
24 And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity; and let thy handmaid,... Focus ↗
25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he... Focus ↗
26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden th... Focus ↗
27 And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men... Focus ↗
28 Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid: for Jehovah will certainly make my lord a sure h... Focus ↗
29 And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bo... Focus ↗
30 And it shall come to pass, when Jehovah shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he... Focus ↗
31 that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed... Focus ↗
32 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who sent thee this day to... Focus ↗
33 and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, that hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness,... Focus ↗
34 For in very deed, as Jehovah, the God (Elohim) of Israel, liveth, who hath withholden me from hurtin... Focus ↗
35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace t... Focus ↗
36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and... Focus ↗
37 And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him thes... Focus ↗
38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died. Focus ↗
39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Jehovah, that hath pleaded the cause o... Focus ↗
40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David ha... Focus ↗
41 And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a ser... Focus ↗
42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; an... Focus ↗
43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives. Focus ↗
44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David`s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim. Focus ↗