1 Samuel 30:5

5 Now ¹David's two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

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1 Samuel 30:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 30:5

And David's two wives were taken captives
Which is observed as one cause of his particular distress, and another follows in ( 1 Samuel 30:6 ) :

Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite:
that is, who had been his wife; for he was now dead, ( 1 Samuel 25:39 ) , and was so before she was married to David; both these came with him to Gath, and were left at Ziklag when he went with Achish, and here they were taken; see ( 1 Samuel 25:42 1 Samuel 25:43 ) ( 27:3 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Samuel 30:5 In-Context

3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.

4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep.

5 Now David's two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite.

6 Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God.

7 Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

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1. 1 Samuel 25:42, 43; 2 Samuel 2:2

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[a]. Lit "wife"

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