David: God's own heart Chapter 3 Abigail Part 10-12
Part 10. Father's joy According to the Rabbis, God brought about Nabal’s death because of his evil deeds. He was a deceiver like Laban; he corrupted his ways with incest; and engaged in idolatrous thoughts; & in his heart, he not only denied David’s kingship but even denied God. Abigail, in marked contrast, was a good woman, of whom Proverbs (18:22) declares: “He who finds a wife has found good.” If David had killed Nabal and his household, he could have offered all the sacrifices in the world, but his iniquity would not have been pardoned, and Abigail rescued him from such a sin. She therefore was better for him than all the offerings in the world. God said: “Let the good one come & be for the good, & let the evil one go in his evil,” that is, let the good Abigail come & be the wife of the good David, while the wicked Nabal goes to die for his wickedness (Midrash Tehillim on Ps. 53:1). So the next scene, as God witnessed these two souls part ways David went on his ...
