1 Samuel 30:5
in 1 Samuel 30David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
KJV
And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
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This verse in 1 Samuel 30
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd David's two wives were taken captives,.... Which is observed as one cause of his particular distress, and another follows in 1Sa 30:6, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: that is, who had been his wife; for he was now dead, 1Sa 25:39, and was so before she was married to David; both these came with him to Gath, and were left at Ziklag when he went with Achish, and here they were taken; see 1Sa 25:42.
This site's exposition
David’s two wives were taken captives
on 1 Samuel 30:5-6
Ahinoam and Abigail are named among the captives, and the men who owe David their lives now speak of stoning him, the same word Israel used against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. Verse six turns the chapter and, on the older writers' reading, turns David's exile: with every human prop gone, he encouraged himself in the LORD his God, a phrase that occurs nowhere else in Scripture in exactly this form. Henry reads the timing as no accident, coming just before David's rise to the throne begins.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Indeed, even the two wives of David were taken captive, etc. It has already been said above that David's wives signify both the active and contemplative lives of the holy Church, which rejoice to serve the true King in the present. However, the Church has …
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁתֵּ֥י | ushetei | and [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| נְשֵֽׁי־ | neshei- | [the] wives of | H802 → | 781 times |
| דָוִ֖ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| נִשְׁבּ֑וּ | nishbu | they had been taken captive | H7617 → | 47 times |
| אֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙ | ʾachinoam | Ahinoam | H293 → | 7 times |
| הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔ית | haiyizreelit | the Jezreelite [woman] | H3158 → | |
| וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל | vaavigayil | and Abigail | H26 → | 17 times |
| אֵ֖שֶׁת | ʾeshet | [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| נָבָ֥ל | naval | Nabal | H5037 → | 22 times |
| הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי׃ | hakarmeli | the Carmelite | H3761 → |
וּשְׁתֵּ֥יand [the] two
usheteiH8147 →768 times
נְשֵֽׁי־[the] wives of
neshei-H802 →781 times
דָוִ֖דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
נִשְׁבּ֑וּthey had been taken captive
nishbuH7617 →47 times
אֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙Ahinoam
ʾachinoamH293 →7 times
הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔יתthe Jezreelite [woman]
haiyizreelitH3158 →
וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִלand Abigail
vaavigayilH26 →17 times
אֵ֖שֶׁת[the] wife of
ʾeshetH802 →781 times
נָבָ֥לNabal
navalH5037 →22 times
הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי׃the Carmelite
hakarmeliH3761 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 2:2So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
it leads to
- 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 25:42–43
Through
1 Samuel 1:2He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
it leads to
- Genesis 4:23
Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
- Genesis 29:31
When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
- Judges 8:30
Gideon had seventy sons of his own, since he had many wives.
- Matthew 19:8
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
- Genesis 16:1–2
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- Genesis 4:23
Through
1 Samuel 27:3David 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.
it leads to
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 Samuel 30:3
About 1 Samuel
Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonEarly monarchyNabalThe wealthy fool of Carmel — "as his name is, so is he" — who repaid David's protection with insult; his heart died within him whe…
- PersonEarly monarchyAbigailNabal's wife, a woman of good understanding whose swift intercession kept David from avenging himself with his own hand — and who…
- PlaceNorthern IsraelJezreelAhab's summer capital beside Naboth's vineyard; the city of the dogs' prophecy, where Jezebel fell and Jehu's wheels rolled.
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Samuel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.