1 Samuel 25:36

34 Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him, and he said to her, “Go home in peace. See, I have heeded your voice and granted your request.”

When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.

37 In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.

38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.
KJV
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
WEB
Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
ASV
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal`s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
DARBY
And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
BLB
And Abigail went to Nabal, and there he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And the heart of Nabal [was] glad within him, and he [was] very drunk; therefore she told him not a thing small to great until the morning light.
ÅB
Da Abiga'il kom hjem til Nabal, var det nettopp gjestebud i huset, et gjestebud som hos en konge, og Nabal var lystig og hadde drukket sterkt. Hun fortalte ham intet, hverken smått eller stort, før det ble morgen.
OTB
Da kom Abigail til Nabal, og se, han holdt et festmåltid i sitt hus, som et kongemåltid. Og Nabals hjerte var lystig i ham, for han var meget beruset; så hun fortalte ham ingenting i det hele tatt før morgenlyset.
B1930
Da Abiga'il kom hjem til Nabal, var det nettop gjestebud i huset, et gjestebud som hos en konge, og Nabal var lystig og hadde drukket sterkt. Hun fortalte ham intet, hverken smått eller stort, før det blev morgen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 13:23

    Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:7–8

    For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.

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  • 2 Samuel 13:28

    Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

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  • Proverbs 20:1

    Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:19

    and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

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  • Romans 13:13

    Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

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  • Matthew 10:16

    Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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  • Nahum 1:10

    For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

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