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1 Samuel 25:38

Nabal
Judgment

36 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.

About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

39 On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.

40 When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”

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BSB
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.
KJV
And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
WEB
About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.
ASV
And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.
DARBY
And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.
BLB
And it was [in] about ten days that YHWH struck Nabal, and he died.
ÅB
Og omkring ti dager etter slo Herren Nabal, så han døde.
OTB
Omkring ti dager senere, lot Herren Nabal dø.
B1930
Og omkring ti dager efter slo Herren Nabal, så han døde.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:33

    Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:7

    And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

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  • 1 Samuel 26:10

    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

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  • 2 Chronicles 10:15

    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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  • 2 Kings 19:35

    And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

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  • 2 Kings 15:5

    And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

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  • 1 Samuel 6:9

    but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”

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  • Acts 12:23

    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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