Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
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Gill's Exposition
Now the name of the man was Nabal,.... Which signifies a "fool"; one would think his parents should not give him this name, though it is a name proper enough to men in common; and Kimchi thinks this…
Adam Clarke
The name of the man was Nabal - The word נבל nabal signifies to be foolish, base, or villanous; and hence the Latin word nebulo, knave, is supposed to be derived.
The name of his wife Abigail - The…
Here begins the story of Nabal.
I. A short account of him, who and what he was (Sa1 25:2, Sa1 25:3), a man wee should never have heard of if there had not happened some communication between him and…
Cambridge Bible
Nabal The name means Fool. It is the word used in Psa 14:1; Pro 30:22; &c.
churlish Lit. hard. Cp. Mat 25:24, where the same Greek word is used as in the Sept. here (σκληρός).
of the house of Caleb…
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