1.   Who is Abigail?

·       To really know who Abigail is, we need to know who the other characters are in this story.

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o   The first person we need to meet is Nabal. This is Abigail’s husband.

§  He is incredibly wealthy owning 3,000 sheep and a 1,000 goats, many servants and shepherds that worked for him.

§  He is a descendent of Caleb who was one of the faithful spies sent into the promised land and who was a hero of Hebron. 

§  However, that character trait did not get passed down to him, because the bible describes him as a surly and mean individual.

§  He was married to Abigail, according to many biblical scholars, because the marriage had been arranged – which was a common practice in that time.