Abigail, a Woman of Wisdom

Scripture presents Abigail as a beautiful, intelligent woman whose lot in life is one of being married to a rich fool named Nabal. Nabal was cruel and mean. Abigail reveals how wisdom and determined action need to partner in order to save good people from disaster. Being wise in itself may not be sufficient in some situations. Without taking immediate action, it is possible to simply stand by and watch destruction that could be avoided. The action she took was on behalf of her husband and David. David had protected the Hebrew farmers from the Amalekites. Because of his kindness David made a request to Nabal (1 Samuel 25:4-11. Nabal insulted David and his men, but through Abigail, God constrained David from killing Nabal. Abigail showed wisdom in her: