David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 1 Samuel 30:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 25:42-43 Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
- 2 Samuel 2:2 So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
- 1 Samuel 1:2 He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
- 1 Samuel 27:3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
- 2 Samuel 3:2-3 Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Sa 30:5 And David’s two wives were taken captives,…
1Sa 30:5 And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
Ver. 5. And David’s two wives were taken captives.] This was a very great aggravation of his grief; for good wives are rare commodities, their price is above that of rubies. {Pro 31:10} What huge sums offered Darius to Alexander for the ransom of his dear wife!
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And David's two wives were taken captives,.... Which is…
And David's two wives were taken captives,.... Which is observed as one cause of his particular distress, and another follows in Sa1 30:6,
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: that is, who had been his wife; for he was now dead, Sa1 25:39, and was so before she was married to David; both these came with him to Gath, and were left at Ziklag when he went with Achish, and here they were taken; see Sa1 25:42.
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David finds strength in Yahweh after the raid.
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Ahinoam the Jezreelite woman
"Ahinoam from Jezreel"
Nabal the Carmelite
"Nabal the man from Carmel"
Ahinoam ... Abigail
women's names (See: How to Translate Names)
distressed
suffering
all the people were bitter in spirit
The word "bitter" is a metaphor for the desire to rebel. The word "spirit" is a synecdoche for the person. AT: "all the people were ready to rebel against David" or "all the people were very unhappy" (See: Synecdoche)
David strengthened himself in Yahweh, his God
Possible meanings are 1) "David took courage because he knew Yahweh his God would help him" or 2) "Yahweh his God made David strong."
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David
captive
Jezreel
Carmel
stone
spirit
Yahweh
God
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 30:5 Ahinoam: See study note on 25:43. • Abigail:…
30:5 Ahinoam: See study note on 25:43. • Abigail: See 25:3-42.
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