The Meaning of 1 Samuel 30:5 Explained

1 Samuel 30:5

KJV: And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

YLT: And the two wives of David have been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal the Carmelite;

Darby: And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jizreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

ASV: And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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What is the context of 1 Samuel 30:5?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

What does 1 Samuel 30:5 Mean?

Context Summary

1Sa 30:1-15 - A Blow That Led Back To God

As David was leaving the battlefield, a number of men of Manasseh fell to him, 1 Chronicles 12:20, so his following was greatly increased. It was as if God had anticipated his coming trial, and prepared him to encounter it. "The God of his mercy prevented (literally, went before) him." But what a mercy it was that he had been sent back; that no garrison had been left to guard the women, which might have irritated the depredators; and that nobody had been killed, 1 Samuel 30:2!

In the first outburst of grief and horror, only divine and gracious interposition could have saved David's life. But this was the hour of his return to God. With the charred embers at his feet and anxiety gnawing at his heart, the threat of violence in his ears, and bitter compunction of conscience, "he strengthened himself in the Lord his God." From that hour he was his old, strong, glad, noble self. After months of neglect, he bade Abiathar bring him the ephod, and he inquired the will of God. Then with marvelous vigor he went in pursuit and recovered all. He had been brought out of an horrible pit, and again his feet were on the rock, Psalms 40:2. His "goings" could now be established. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1Sa 30

¹ The Amalekites raid Ziklag
⁴ David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them
¹¹ By the means of a received Egyptian he is brought to the enemies,
¹⁸ and recovers all the spoil
²² David's law to divide the spoil equally
²⁶ He sends presents to his friends

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 30:5 mean?

And two wives of David had been taken captive Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite

וּשְׁתֵּ֥י נְשֵֽׁי־ דָוִ֖ד נִשְׁבּ֑וּ אֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙ הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔ית וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל אֵ֖שֶׁת נָבָ֥ל הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי

וּשְׁתֵּ֥י	And two
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, fdc Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
נְשֵֽׁי־	wives
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.
דָוִ֖ד	of David
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
נִשְׁבּ֑וּ	had been taken captive
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural Root: שָׁבָה Sense: to take captive.
אֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙	Ahinoam
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: אֲחִינׄעַם Sense: wife of Saul, daughter of Ahimaaz.
הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔ית	the Jezreelitess
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יִזְרְעֵאלִי Sense: a female inhabitant of Jezreel.
וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל	and Abigail
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: אֲבִיגַיִל Sense: wife of Nabal, then of David.
אֵ֖שֶׁת	the widow
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.
נָבָ֥ל	of Nabal
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: נָבָל Sense: a man of Carmel who spurned David’s messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David’s wife after his death.
הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי	the Carmelite
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: כַּרְמְלִי Sense: an inhabitant of Carmel.

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