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1 Samuel 27:3

AbigailAchishAhinoamDavidNabalCarmelGathJezreel

1 David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

2 So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

4 And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

5 Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

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BSB
David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
KJV
And David dwelt 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.
WEB
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.
ASV
And David dwelt 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.
DARBY
And David abode with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
BLB
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man and his household, [and] David and his two wives—Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelitess.
ÅB
Og David ble boende hos Akis i Gat, både han og hans menn, hver med sitt hus, David med sine to hustruer, Akinoam fra Jisre'el og Abiga'il fra Karmel, Nabals hustru.
OTB
Og David bodde hos Akisj i Gat, han og hans menn, hver med sin husstand— David med sine to koner, Ahinoam fra Jisre’el og Abiga’il, enken etter Nabal fra Karmel.
B1930
Og David blev boende hos Akis i Gat, både han og hans menn, hver med sitt hus, David med sine to hustruer, Akinoam fra Jisre'el og Abiga'il fra Karmel, Nabals hustru.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:42–43

    So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:5

    David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:3

    His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

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  • 1 Samuel 25:18–35

    Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys

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  • 1 Samuel 30:3

    When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

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