1 Samuel 25:3 - New King James Version

³ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance; but the man was harsh and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ The man's name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail; she was a woman of good understanding, and beautiful. But the man was rough and evil in his doings; he was a Calebite.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

Common English Bible

³ The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and attractive woman, but her husband was a hard man who did evil things. He was a Calebite.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Now the name of this man was Nabal. And the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a very prudent and beautiful woman. But her husband was hard-hearted, and very wicked, and malicious. And he was of the stock of Caleb.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman; but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill-natured. And he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:3 Cross References

Genesis 12:11

And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance.

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked boasts of his heart’s desire; He blesses the greedy and renounces the Lord.

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.

Proverbs 19:14

Houses and riches are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the Lord.

Proverbs 30:22

For a servant when he reigns, A fool when he is filled with food,

Proverbs 31:10

Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.

Proverbs 31:26

She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness.

Joshua 15:13

Now to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a share among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, namely, Kirjath Arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.”

1 Samuel 25:25

Please, let not my lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

1 Samuel 25:4

When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

1 Samuel 30:14

We made an invasion of the southern area of the Cherethites, in the territory which belongs to Judah, and of the southern area of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”