Abigail

1 Samuel 25
1. David, the future king of Israel, was living in the desert with his men. A certain man
had property at Carmel and was very _____________. He had a thousand _________ and
three thousand __________. 1 Sam. 25:2
. !he man"s name was ___________ and his wife"s name was _____________. #he was
an intelligent and _____________ woman $ut her hus$and was surly and _________ in
his dealings. 1 Sam. 25:3
%. &hile David was in the desert, he heard that 'a$al was ____________ _________ .
#o he sent ______ __________ _______ to greet him in his name. David told them to
say to 'a$al, (_________ life to you) ________ health to you and your household) And
good health to _______ that is yours)* 1 Sam. 25:4-6
+. David instructed them to tell 'a$al that when his shepherds were out in the desert $y
David and his men, they did not ___________ them and did not __________ from them.
!hey were to ask 'a$al to give the men and David whatever he could find for them.
David"s men arrived and they gave 'a$al this ____________ in David"s name. 1 Sam.
25:7-9
,. 'a$al answered David"s ___________, (&ho is this ________- &ho is this ______
of .esse- /any ____________ are $reaking away from their masters these days. &hy
should I take my ___________ and ___________, and the _________ I have slaughtered
for my shearers and give it to men coming from _________ __________ _______-*
1 Sam. 25:10-11
0. David"s men turned around and ________ $ack and reported to David __________
word. David told his men to put on their __________ and David put on his also. A$out
________ men went with David and _________ stayed with the supplies. 1 Sam. 25:12-
13
1. 2ne of 'a$al"s servants told A$igail that David had sent messengers from the desert
to give his master ____________, $ut he hurled _________ at them. !he servant said that
David and his men were ________ ________ to them. _________ and ________ they
were a wall around the shepherds while they were herding their sheep. !he servant asked
A$igail to _________ ____ _______ and see what she could do $ecause disaster was
hanging over the master and his whole household. 'a$al was such a _________ man that
no one could ________ to him. 1 Sam. 25:14-17
3. A$igail lost _____ _________. #he took two hundred loaves of __________, two
skins of wine, five dressed ____________, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of
__________ and two hundred cakes of pressed _______ and loaded them on donkeys.
1 Sam. 25:18
4. A$igail did not tell her hus$and $ut sent her ___________ on ahead of her. #he came
riding her __________ into a mountain ravine and there were ___________ and his men
descending toward her. David had 5ust $een saying how _________ it was to have
watched over 'a$al"s property in the desert to insure nothing was ___________. He said
that 'a$al had paid him $ack __________ for __________. David determined to kill
every __________ that $elonged to 'a$al $y morning. 1 Sam. 25:19-22
16. &hen A$igail saw David, she 7uickly got off her donkey and ___________ $efore
David with her __________ to the ground. #he fell at his ________ and asked David to
let the __________ $e on her __________. #he asked to $e allowed to _________ and
asked David to hear what she had to say. 1 Sam. 25:23-24
11. A$igail pled for David to pay no ______________ to her hus$and. #he told David,
(He is 5ust like his _________888 his name is ___________ and folly goes with him. 9ut
as for me, your servant, I _______ _____ _______ the men my master sent.* #he asked
that her gift $e given to the ________ who followed David. 1 Sam. 25:25-27
1. A$igail asked David to ___________ her offense: she knew the ;ord would make a
lasting dynasty for David $ecause he fought the ___________ $attles. #he said that David
would $e safe even if someone was pursuing him to kill him $ecause (the _______ of my
master will $e $ound securely in the $undle of the ___________ $y the ;ord <our =od.*
#he did not want David to have on his conscience the staggering ____________ of
needless $loodshed or of having ____________ himself. A$igail asked that, when the
;ord $rought him success and appointed him leader over Israel, ______________ her. 1
Sam. 25: 28-31
1%. David said to A$igail, (__________ $e to the ;ord, the =od of Israel, who has
_________ you today to meet me. /ay you $e ___________ for your good ___________
and for keeping me from ________________ this day and from avenging myself with my
own _________.* 2therwise, had she not come ____________ to meet him, not one
________ $elonging to 'a$al would have $een left alive $y __________. David
accepted what she $rought for him and his men and told A$igail to go home in
_________. 1 Sam. 25:32-35
1+. &hen A$igail returned home she found 'a$al holding a $an7uet as if he was a
_________. He was in high spirits and very __________. #o she told him __________
until day$reak. !he ne>t morning when he was so$er, his wife told him all these things,
and his _________ failed him and he $ecame like a _________. A$out ten days later, the
;ord struck 'a$al and he __________. 1 Sam. 25:36-38
1,. &hen David heard 'a$al was dead, he said (?raise $e to the ;ord, who has upheld
my cause against 'a$al for treating me with ___________. He has kept his servant from
doing _________ and has $rought 'a$al"s wrongdoing down on his own _________.*
!hen David sent word to A$igail, asking her to $ecome his _________. 1 Sam. 25:39
10. &hen David"s servants told A$igail that they had come to take her to $ecome David"s
_________, she $owed down with her face to the ground and said, (Here is your
maidservant, ready to __________ you and ________ the feet of my master"s servants.*
A$igail 7uickly got on a donkey and, with her _________ __________, went with
David"s ________________ and $ecame his wife. 1 Sam. 25:40-44