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Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until there was not enough strength in them to weep. Two of David’s wives had been taken captive. Ahinoam from Jezreel[a] and Abigail, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. And David was in a very precarious situation,[b] for the people spoke of stoning him, for the souls of all the people were bitter, each one over his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 30:5 Literally “the Jezreelitess”
  2. 1 Samuel 30:6 Literally “it was very pressed for David”