She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings

1 Samuel 25:1-17

Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David moved down into the Desert of Paran.

His name was Nabal and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings—he was a Calebite.

Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing. Ask your own servants and they will tell you. Therefore be favorable toward my men, since we come at a festive time. Please give your servants and your son David whatever you can find for them. When David’s men arrived, they gave Nabal this message in David’s name. Then they waited.

David’s men turned around and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word. David said to his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So they did, and David strapped his on as well. About four hundred men went up with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

One of the servants told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to give our master his greetings, but he hurled insults at them. Yet these men were very good to us. They did not mistreat us, and the whole time we were out in the fields near them nothing was missing. Night and day they were a wall around us the whole time we were herding our sheep near them. Now think it over and see what you can do, because disaster is hanging over our master and his whole household. He is such a wicked man that no one can talk to him.”

Why?

Nabal is proud and mistreats others, based on his own point to look at everything. Let me not live like Nabal and look only at the income.

David shows his love and care to his neighbor, when his neighbors reap a lot, and hope they may share part of their achievement, it is reasonable.

Abigail is a good wife and smart woman, she made the right decision for her family.

How?

There are many kinds of ways to live, what kind of man I like to be? Let me be an intelligent and kind man in history.