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David’s two wives had been taken captive—Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow. David was very upset, for the men[a] were thinking of stoning him;[b] each man grieved bitterly[c] over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 30:6 tn Heb “people.”
  2. 1 Samuel 30:6 tn Heb “said to stone him.”
  3. 1 Samuel 30:6 tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”