1 Samuel 25

18 Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.

19 And she said to her young men, “Go on before me; behold, I come after you.”
But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

20 And as she rode on the donkey and came down under cover of the mountain,
behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.

21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain have I guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him, and he has returned me evil for good.

22 God do so to the enemies of David and more also,
if by morning I leave so much as one male of all who belong to him.”

23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.

24 She fell at his feet and said, “On me alone, my lord, be the guilt.
Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.

25 Let not my lord regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he.
Nabal is his name, and folly is with him.
But I your servant did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

26 Now then, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, because the LORD has restrained you from bloodguilt and from saving with your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.

Abigail, the discerning and beautiful (v.3), knew that trouble was afoot.

She made haste and prepared provisions.

She sent the young man ahead.
She went herself, without telling her husband.

She met David and his men.
She humbled herself before David, bowing with face to the ground.

She took the guilt.
She took the blame.
She desired to speak.
She desired to be heard.

Abigail says some amazing things…which we will look at.

Note how she asked David to not regard her lord Nabal, for he was as his name…means “fool”.
She speaks of the Lord.
She speaks of how it was the Lord who had restrained David from bloodguilt.
Bloodguilt by attempting to save with his own hand.

This was a bold statement of truth.

God used Abigail to keep David from committing a sin.

She then asked that the enemies and those who sought evil against him be as her Lord Nabal - even fools.

She knew who David was.
She knew the Lord.

There is more…as we will see…

May we be bold as Abigail.

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