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Now (A)David’s two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the [a]widow of Nabal the Carmelite. Moreover David was greatly distressed because (B)the people said to stone him, for all the people were [b]embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But (C)David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.

Then (D)David said to (E)Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod near to me.” So Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 30:5 Lit wife
  2. 1 Samuel 30:6 Lit bitter in soul