NABAL

Nabal is a figure from the Jewish Tanakh (the Christian Old Testament) who defies the order of King David of Israel, and is reportedly killed by God as a punishment for his disobedience. His story is told in Chapter 25 of the book of 1 Samuel.

Nabal was a descendant of the famous Israelite Caleb: Nabal lived in the city of Maon, which was seven miles southeast of the modern site of Hebron. Nabal refused King David's request for provisions when David was passing through his territory: Nabal's wife, Abigail, however, complied with David's request and prevented David from attacking Nabal for his behavior. The story in 1 Samuel records that, for this refusal to aid David, Nabal was soon struck dead, and the widowed Abigail became one of David's wives.

Specialty Definition: NABAL

Domain	Definition
Bible	Nabal foolish, a descendant of Caleb who dwelt at Maon (1 Sam. 25), the modern Main, 7 miles south-east of Hebron. He was "very great, and he had 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats...but the man was churlish and evil in his doings." During his wanderings David came into that district, and hearing that Nabal was about to shear his sheep, he sent ten of his young men to ask "whatsoever cometh unto thy hand for thy servants." Nabal insultingly resented the demand, saying, "Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse?" (1 Sam. 25:10, 11). One of the shepherds that stood by and saw the reception David's messengers had met with, informed Abigail, Nabal's wife, who at once realized the danger that threatened her household. She forthwith proceeded to the camp of David, bringing with her ample stores of provisions (25:18). She so courteously and persuasively pled her cause that David's anger was appeased, and he said to her, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel which sent thee this day to meet me." On her return she found her husband incapable from drunkenness of understanding the state of matters, and not till the following day did she explain to him what had happened. He was stunned by a sense of the danger to which his conduct had exposed him. "His heart died within him, and he became as a stone." and about ten days after "the Lord smote Nabal that he died" (1 Sam. 25:37, 38). Not long after David married Abigail (q.v.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: NABAL

Bible Trace: NABAL

Language	Date	Source	2 Samuel Chapter 3, Verse 3
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai o deuteroV autou dalouia thV abigaiaV thV karmhliaV kai o tritoV abessalwm uioV maaca qugatroV qolmi basilewV gesir
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et post eum Chelaab de Abigail uxore Nabal Carmeli porro tertius Absalom filius Maacha filiae Tholomai regis Gessur
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And after hym Yeliab, of Abigail, the wijf of Naabal Carmeel; forsothe the thridde, Absolon, the sone of Maacha, the douyter of Tholomay, the kyng Jethsure;
Jacobean English	1611	King James	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;
Victorian English	1833	Webster	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;
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And the second, Chileab, whose mother was Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur;
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Matched Bible Translations: NABAL

Language	2 Samuel Chapter 3, Verse 3
Cebuano	Ug ang iyang ikaduha, mao si Chileab, kang Abigail, ang asawa ni Nabal, ang Carmelohanon; ug ang ikatolo, mao si Absalom, ang anak nga lalake ni Maacha, ang anak nga babaye ni Talmai, hari sa Gessur;
Croatian	drugi mu je bio Kileab, od Abigajile, žene Nabalove iz Karmela; treæi Abšalom, sin Maake, kæeri gešurskoga kralja Tolmaja;
Danish	den næstældste Kil'ab, Søn af Abigajil, Harmeliten Nabals Hustru, den tredje Absalon, en Søn af Kong Talmaj af Gesjurs Datter Ma'aka,
Dutch	En zijn tweede was Chileab, van Abigail, de huisvrouw van Nabal, den Karmeliet; en de derde, Absalom, de zoon van Maacha, de dochter van Thalmai, koning van Gesur;
Finnish	Hänen toinen poikansa oli Kilab, jonka äiti oli Abigail, karmelilaisen Naabalin vaimo; kolmas oli Absalom, Gesurin kuninkaan Talmain tyttären, Maakan, poika.
French	le second, Kileab, d`Abigaïl de Carmel, femme de Nabal; le troisième, Absalom, fils de Maaca, fille de Talmaï, roi de Gueschur;
German	der zweite Chileab, von Abigail, Nabals Weib, des Karmeliten; der dritte: Absalom, der Sohn Maachas, der Tochter Thalmais, des Königs zu Gessur;
Haitian Creole	Dezyèm lan te rele Kileyab. Se Abigayel, vèv Nabal la, moun lavil Kamèl, ki te manman l'. Twazyèm lan te rele Absalon. Se Maka, pitit fi Talmayi, wa lavil Gechou a, ki te manman l'.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kileab. Ibunya ialah Abigail, janda Nabal dari Karmel. Absalom. Ibunya ialah Maakha, putri Raja Talmai dari Gesur.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	maka yang keduanya itu Khileab, oleh Abigail, yang dahulu bini Nabal, orang Karmeli itu, dan yang ketiga itu Absalom, anak Maakha, anak Talmai, raja Gesur;
Maori	Ko Kireapa ano tana tuarua, na Apikaira wahine a Napara Karameri; ko Apoharama te tuatoru, he tama na Maaka tamahine a Taramai kingi o Kehuru;
Portuguese	o segundo Quileabe, de Abigail, que fôra mulher de Nabal, o carmelita; o terceiro Absalão, filho de Maacá, filha de Talmai, rei de Gesur;
Rumanian	al doilea, Chileab, din Abigail din Carmel, nevasta lui Nabal; al treilea, Absalom, fiul Maachei, fata lui Talmai, kmpqratul Ghewurului;
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Anagrams: NABAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: banal.
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-n"
	-1 letter: alan, alba, anal, baal.
	-2 letters: aal, aba, ala, alb, ana, baa, bal, ban, lab, nab.
	-3 letters: aa, ab, al, an, ba, la, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l-n"
	+2 letters: abalone, abelian, albinal, badland, balance, balneal, banally, basinal, blatant, namable.
	+3 letters: abalones, ablating, ablation, abnormal, ambulant, amenable, amenably, anableps, anabolic, atonable, backland, badlands, bailsman, balanced, balancer, balances, banality, banalize, bangtail, bankable, barnacle, baronial, beanball, biannual, bimanual, binaural, blatancy, brantail, cannibal, claybank, damnable, damnably, fahlband, fleabane, gainable, galbanum, gnawable, handball, hangable, inarable, labdanum, landgrab, loanable, nameable, pawnable, scabland, subnasal, tannable.
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