Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
Then Abigail quickly gathered two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep that were prepared for eating, five bags of roasted grain, one hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred fig cakes, and loaded them all on donkeys.
Abigail is quickly preparing a generous gift of food and supplies to try to make peace and prevent violence.
📚 Historical Context
This verse occurs during the tense confrontation between David (future king of Israel) and Nabal, Abigail's wealthy but foolish husband. David's men had protected Nabal's shepherds, but when David asked for provisions, Nabal rudely refused. David was marching with 400 armed men to attack Nabal's household when Abigail intervened with this peace offering.
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