Graphic Bible · Scene 12 of 20
1 Samuel 25:32-34
David Blesses Abigail
Abigail Turns David from Bloodshed · 1 Samuel 25
Story guide: David recognizes Abigail's judgment and turns away from needless bloodshed.
Open this scene in the reader →32David said to Abigail, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me.
33And blessed be your judgment, and blessed are you, for you have kept me this day from incurring bloodguilt and from avenging myself by my own hand.
34But as surely as Yahweh lives—the God of Israel, who has kept me from harming you—if you had not hurried to meet me, not one male in Nabal’s household would have been left alive by morning light.”
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