Bible Strands
1 Samuel 30:5
David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator reports this event during David’s retreat at Ziklag, immediately after the troops weep in 1 Samuel 30:4 and before the stoning threat in 1 Samuel 30:6.
The words — נִשְׁבּ֑וּ (nish.Bu) = they had been taken captive, and הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔ית (hai./yiz.re.'e.Lit) = the Jezreelite woman, which the text uses to specify Ahinoam’s origin.
The thread — The passage names David’s two wives, matching the earlier introduction in 1 Samuel 25:42 and the later relocation in 2 Samuel 2:2.
Why it lands — The text records a concrete loss before describing the resulting crisis, requiring the reader to acknowledge that David’s personal and communal stability is broken before any appeal to divine strength is made.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 25:42 So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
- 2 Samuel 2:2 So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
- 1 Samuel 1:2 He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.
- 1 Samuel 27:3 David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
- 2 Samuel 3:2 And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;