The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Translated according to the Ebrue and Greke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languges. VVith moste profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance as may appeare in the epistle to the reader

CHAP. XXV.

1 Samuél dyeth. 3 Nabal and Abigail. 38 The Lord killeth Nabal 43 Abigail and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Dauids wiues. 44 Mi∣chal is giuen to Phalti.

1 THen * Samuél dyed, and all Israél assem∣bled,* 1.1* 1.2 and mourned for hym, and buryed hym in hysa 1.3 owne house at Ramáh: And Da∣uid arose and went downe to the wildernes of Parán.

2 Nowe inb 1.4 Maōn (was) a man, who had hys possession in Carmél, and the man was exce∣dyng myghty and had thre thousand shepe, and a thousand goates: and he was sheryng his shepe in Carmél.

3 The name also of the man (was) Nabál, and the name of hys wife Abigáil, and she was a woman of singular wisdome, and beautifull, but the man (was) churlish, and euil conditio ned, and was of the familie of Caléb.

4 And Dauid heard in the wildernes, that Na∣bál did shere his shepe.

5 Therefore Dauid sent ten yong men, and Dauid said vnto the yong men, Go vp to Car mél, and go to Nabál, and aske him in my na me” 1.5 how he doeth.

6 And thus shal ye sayc 1.6” 1.7 for salutation, Bothe thou, and thine house, and all that thou hast, be in peace, welth, and prosperitie.

7 Behold, I haue heard, that thou hast sherers: nowe thy shepherds were with vs, and we did them no hurt, nether did they misse anie thing all the while they were in Carmél.

8 Aske thy seruants and they will shewe thee. Wherefore let these yong 〈◊〉〈◊〉 finde fauour in thyne eyes: [for we come in a good sea∣son] gyue, I praye thee, whatsoeuerd 1.8 com∣meth to thine hande vnto thy seruants, and to thy sonne Dauid.

9 ¶And when Dauids yonge men came, they tolde Nabál al those wordes in the name of Dauid, and helde their peace.

10 Then Nabál aunswered Dauids seruaunts, and sayde, Who is Dauid? and who is thee 1.9 sonne of Ishai? there is manie seruants nowe a dayes, that breake away euerye man from hys master.

11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my fleshe that I haue kylled for my she∣rers, and giue it vnto men, whome I knowe not whence they be?

12 ¶So Dauids seruauntes turned their waye, and went againe, and came, and tolde him all those things.

13 And Dauid said vnto hys men, Girde euery man hyssworde (aboute him.) And they gir∣ded euerye man hys sworde: Dauid also gir∣ded hys sworde. And about foure hundreth men went vp after Dauid, and two hundreth abode by the” 1.10 cariage.

14 Nowe one of the seruauntes tolde Abigail Nabals wife, saying, Behold, Dauid sent mes∣sengers oute of the wildernes to salute our master, and he” 1.11 rayled on them.

15 Notwithstanding the men were very goodf 1.12 vnto vs, and we had no displeasure nether missed we any thing as long as we were con∣uersant with thē, when we were in the fields.

16 They were as a wall vnto vs bothe by night and by daye, all the while we were with thē keping shepe.

17 Now therfore take hede, and se what thou shalt do: for euill” 1.13 wil surely come vpon our master, and vpon all hys familie: for he is so wicked that a man can not speake to him.

18 ¶Then Abigail made haste, and toke two hundreth” 1.14 cakes, and two bottles of wine, and fiue shepe ready dressed, and fiue measu∣res of parched corne, and an hundreth” 1.15 frai∣les of raisins, and two hundreth of figges, and laded them on asses.

19 Then she said vnto her seruants, Go ye be∣fore'me: beholde, I will come after you: yet she toldeg 1.16 not her housband Nabál.

20 And as she rode on her asse, she came downe by a secret place of the mountaine, and be∣holde, Dauid and hys men came downe a∣gainst her, and she met them.

21 And Dauid sayd, In dede I haue kept all in vaine that this fellowe: had in the wildernes, so that nothyng was missed of all that pertei∣ned vnto hym: for he hathe required me euil for good.

22 So and more also do God vnto the enemies of Dauid: (for) surely I wyll not leaue of all that he hathe, by the dawnyng of the daye, (anie) thath 1.17 pisseth against the wall.

23 And when Abigail sawe Dauid, she hasted and lyghted of her asse, and fell before Da∣uid on her face, and bowed her selfe to the grounde.

24 And fel at his fete, and said, Oh, my Lorde, I (haue committed) the iniquitie, and I praye thee, let thine handmaid speake” 1.18 to thee, ād heare thou the wordes of thine handmayd.

25 Let not my Lord, I pray thee, regarde this

wicked man Nabal: for as hys name is, so is he:“ 1.19 Nabal (is) hys name, and foly (is) wyth him: but I thine hādmayd sawe not the yong men of my Lord whome thou sentest.

26 Nowe therefore my Lorde, as the Lorde li∣ueth, and as thy soule lyueth [the Lorde, (I say,) that hathe with holden thee from com∣ming to (shed) blood, and thati 1.20 thyne han de shuld (not) saue thee] so now thine enemies shalbe as Nabál, and they that intende to do my Lord euil.

27 And nowe, thys“ 1.21 blessynge whiche thyne handmayd hathe broght vnto my Lorde, let it be giuen vnto the yonge men, that” 1.22 fol∣lowe my Lord.

28 I praye thee, forgiue the trespasse of thyne handmayd: for the Lorde wil make my Lord ak 1.23 sure house, because my Lord fighteth the battels of the Lord and none euil hath bene founde in thee” 1.24 in all thy life.

29 Yetl 1.25 a man hathe risen vp to persecute thee, and to seke thy soule, but the soule my Lord shalbe bounde in them 1.26 bundel of lyfe with the LORDE thy GOD: and the soule of thine enemies shall (God) caste out, as out of the midle of a sling.

30 And when the LORD shall haue done to my Lorde all the good that he hathe promi∣sed thee, and shall haue made thee ruler o∣uer Israél.

31 Then shall it be no grief vnto thee, nor of∣fence of mynde vnto my LORDE, that he hathe not shed blood causeles, nor that my Lorde hathen 1.27 (not) preserued him selfe: and when the Lord shall haue dealt wel with my Lord, remember thine handmayd.

32 Then Dauid sayd to Abigail, Blessed be the Lorde God of Israél, whiche sent thee thys day to mete me.

33 And blessed be thy counsel, and blessed be thou, whiche haste kept me this daye from commyng to (shed) blood,o 1.28 and that myne hand hathe (not) saued me.

34 For in dede, as the Lorde God of Israél li∣ueth,p 1.29 who hathe kept me backe from hur∣tyng thee, excepte thou haddest hasted and met me, surely there had not bene left vnto Nabal by the dawning of the day, (any) that pisseth against the wall.

35 Then Dauid receyued of her hande that whiche she had broght him, and said to her, Go vp in peace to thine house: beholde, I haue hearde thy voyce, and haue” 1.30 granted thy peticion.

36 ¶So Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he made a feast in his house lyke the feast of a Kyng, and Nabals hearte was mery within hym, for he was very dronken: wherefore she tolde hymq 1.31 nothynge, nether lesse nor more, vntill the morning arose.

37 Then in the mornyng when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife tolde hym those wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he was liker 1.32 a stone.

38 And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.

39 ¶Nowe when Dauid hearde, that Nabal was dead, he sayd, Blessed be the Lorde that hathe“ 1.33 iudged the cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, and hathe kepte his ser∣uant from euill: for the Lorde hathe recom∣pensed the wyckednes of Nabal vppon hys owne head. Also Dauid sent to commune with Abigail tos 1.34 take her to his wife.

40 And when the sernauntes of Dauid were come to Abigail to Carmél, theys 1.35 pake vnto her, saying, Dauid sent vs to thee, to take thee to his wife.

41 And she arose, and bowed her selfe on her face to the earth, and sayd, Beholde, let thy handmayd be a seruant to washe the fete of the seruants of my Lord.

42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, ād rode vp∣pon an asse, and her fiue maydes” 1.36 followed her, and she went after the messengers of Da uid, and was his wife.

43 Dauid also toke Ahinóam of *Izreél, and* 1.37 they were bothe his wiues.

44 Now Saul had giuē * Michál his daughter* 1.38 Dauids wife to Phalti the sonne of Laish, whiche was oft 1.39 Gallim.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Chap. 28. 3.
• * 1.2

  Eccles. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 23.
• a 1.3

  That is, among his owne kinred
• b 1.4

  Maon ād Car∣mel were 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in the tribe of lu dah, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was in Galile.
• ” 1.5

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. of 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• c 1.6

  Some read, so maiest thou liue in prosperitie the nexte yere, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thou. &c.
• ” 1.7

  Ebr, 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• d 1.8

  VVhatsoeuer thou haste ready for vs.
• e 1.9

  Thus the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉, in stede of rele∣uing the necessi∣tie of Gods chil∣dren, vse to re∣uile their person∣nes and condem∣ne their cause.
• ” 1.10

  Ebr. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• ” 1.11

  Ebr. droue the awaye.
• f 1.12

  VVhē we kepte our shepe in the wyldernes of Paran.
• ” 1.13

  Ebr. is accom∣plished.
• ” 1.14

  Ebr. bread.
• ” 1.15

  Or, 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• g 1.16

  Because she knewe his croo∣ked nature, that he wolde rather haue perished, then consented to her 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• h 1.17

  Meanyng by thys prouerbe, that he wolde de stroy both 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and great.
• ” 1.18

  Ebr. in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 caues.
• “ 1.19

  Or, foole.
• i 1.20

  That is, that thou shuldest not be reuenged of thine enemie.
• “ 1.21

  Or, present.
• ” 1.22

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. Walke as the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• k 1.23

  Confirme hys kingdome to his 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• ” 1.24

  Ebr. from thy dayes.
• l 1.25

  To Wit, Saul.
• m 1.26

  God shal pre∣serue thee longe in his seruice ād destroye thyne enemies.
• n 1.27

  That he hathe not auēged him selfe, Whyche things Wold ha∣ue 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• o 1.28

  Read vers. 26.
• p 1.29

  He attributeth it to the Lordes mercie, and not to him selfe that he Was stayed.
• ” 1.30

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 thy face.
• q 1.31

  For he had no 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to cōsider or giue thankes for this great be nefite of deliue∣rance.
• r 1.32

  For feare of the great danger.
• “ 1.33

  Or, reuenged.
• s 1.34

  For he had ex∣perience of her greate godlynes, Wisedome and humilitie.
• s 1.35

  For he had ex∣perience of her greate godlynes, Wisedome and humilitie.
• ” 1.36

  Ebr, Went at her fete.
• * 1.37

  Iosh. 15. 55.
• * 1.38

  2. Sam. 3. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• t 1.39

  VVhiche 〈◊〉〈◊〉 place borderyng on the countrey of the Moabites,