When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, 'Blessed be the LORD, who has avenged the insult done to me by the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil; the LORD has returned the evil-doing of Nabal upon his own head.' And David sent and wooed Abigail, to take her for his wife — David recognizes the LORD as his avenger ('nāqam ʾet-ḥerpat yādî miyyad nāḇāl'), confirming that divine judgment, not human revenge, has vindicated him. His proposal to Abigail now acquires a new dimension: she becomes his wife not as spoil, but as a queen worthy of his calling.

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