## Targum Jonathan on I Samuel Chapter 25

###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:1
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וּמִית שְׁמוּאֵל וְאִתְכְּנִישׁוּ כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל וּסְפָדוּ עֲלוֹהִי וּקְבָרוּהִי בְּבֵיתֵיהּ בְּרָמָה וְקָם דָוִד וּנְחַת לְמַדְבְּרָא דְפָארָן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now Samuel died and all Israel gathered and mourned over him. And they buried him in his house at Ramah. Then David rose and went down to the Desert of Paran.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:2
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וְגַבְרָא בְמָעוֹן וְנִכְסוֹהִי בְכַרְמְלָא וְגַבְרָא רַב לַחֲדָא וְלֵיהּ עָאן תְּלָתָא אַלְפִין וְאֶלֶף עִזִין וַהֲוָה בְּמֵיגַז יַת עָנֵיהּ בְּכַרְמְלָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And there was a man in Maon, whose herds were in Carmel. The man was very rich, he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was engaged in shearing his sheep in Carmel.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:3
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וְשׁוּם גַבְרָא נָבָל וְשׁוּם אִתְּתֵיהּ אֲבִיגָיִל וְאִתְּתָא חֲכִּימַת מַדַע וְשַׁפִּירַת רֵיווּ וְגַבְרָא קָשֵׁי וּבִישׁ עוֹבְדִין וְהוּא מִדְבֵית כָּלֵב:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now the name of the man was Nabal and the name of his wife Abigail. The woman was wise in knowledge and beautiful of appearance, but the man was harsh and ill behaved. And he was from the House of Caleb.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:4
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וּשְׁמַע דָוִד בְּמַדְבְּרָא אֲרֵי גָזֵיז נָבָל יַת עָנֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:5
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וּשְׁלַח דָוִד עַשְׂרָא עוּלֵימִין וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְעוּלֵימַיָא סַקוּ לְכַרְמְלָא וּתְהָכוּן לְוַת נָבָל וְתִשְׁאֲלוּן לֵיהּ בִּשְׁמִי לִשְׁלָם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David sent ten young men and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal and ask him concerning his well being in my name.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:6
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וְתֵימְרוּן כְּדֵין לְחַיָךְ וְאַתְּ שְׁלָם וּבֵיתָךְ שְׁלָם וְכָל דִילָךְ שְׁלָם:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And you shall say, ‘Thus to your life: peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:7
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וּכְעַן שְׁמָעִית אֲרֵי גוֹזְזִין לָךְ כְּעַן רָעַיָא דִילָךְ הֲווֹ עִמָנָא לָא אַנְזֵיקִינוּנוּן וְלָא שְׁגָא לְהוֹן מִדַעַם כָּל יוֹמִין דַהֲווֹ בְּכַרְמְלָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now, I hear that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us and we did them no harm and they missed not anything, all the days that they were in Carmel.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:8
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שְׁאַל יַת עוּלֵמָךְ וִיחַוּן לָךְ וְיִשְׁכְּחוּן עוּלֵימַיָא רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינָךְ אֲרֵי עַל יוֹם טַב אֲתֵינָא הַב כְּעַן יַת דְתַשְׁכַּח יְדָךְ לְעַבְדָךְ וְלִבְרָךְ לְדָוִד:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Ask your young men and they will tell you. And let my young men find favour in your sight, for we come on a festive day. Give now what you have at hand to your servants and to your son, to David.’”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:9
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וַאֲתוֹ עוּלֵימֵי דָוִד וּמַלִילוּ עִם נָבָל כְּכָל פִתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין בִּשְׁמָא דְדָוִד וּפְסָקוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When David’s young men came, they spoke according to all these words with Nabal in the name of David. Then they ceased.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:10
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וַאֲתֵיב נָבָל יַת עַבְדֵי דָוִד וַאֲמַר מַן דָוִד וּמַן בַּר יִשַׁי יוֹמָא דֵין דְסַגִיאִין עַבְדַיָא דְעָרְקִין וּדְמִטַמְרִין גְבַר מִן קֳדָם רִבּוֹנֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Nabal answered David’s servants, “Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who are fleeing and hiding from their master.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:11
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וְאֶסַב יַת מֵיכְלֵי וְיַת מִשְׁתִּי וְיַת שֵׁירוּתִי דְאַתְקֵינִית לְגָזְזַי וְאֶתֵּן לְגַבְרַיָא דְלָא יְדַעַת אֵי מִנָן אִנוּן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And shall I take my food and my drink and my meal that I have prepared for my shearers, and give it to men who come from I do not know where?”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:12
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וְאִתְחַזָרוּ עוּלֵמֵי דָוִד לְאוֹרְחַתְהוֹן וְתָבוּ וַאֲתוֹ וְחַוִיאוּ לֵיהּ כְּכָל פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
So David’s young men turned away and returned. And when they came, they told David according to all these words.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:13
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וַאֲמַר דָוִד לְגַבְרוֹהִי זְרִיזוּ גְבַר יַת חַרְבֵּיהּ וְזָרִיזוּ גְבַר יַת חַרְבֵּיהּ וְזָרֵיז אַף דָוִד יַת חַרְבֵּיהּ וּסְלִיקוּ בָּתַר דָוִד כְּאַרְבַּע מְאָה גַבְרָא וּמָאתָן אִשְׁתָּאֲרוּ לְמִטַר מָנַיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David said to his men, “Every man gird on his sword!” And every man girded on his sword and David also girded on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, while two hundred men remained to guard the baggage.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:14
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וְלַאֲבִיגַיִל אִתַּת נָבָל חֲוֵי עוּלֵמָא חַד מֵעוּלֵמַיָא לְמֵימָר הָא שְׁלַח דָוִד אִזְגַדַיָא מִמַדְבְּרָא לְבָרָכָא יַת רִבּוֹנָנָא וְקָץ בְּהוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the desert to bless our lord. And he loathed them.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:15
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וְגַבְרַיָא טָבִין לָנָא לַחֲדָא וְלָא אִתְנְזֵיקְנָא וְלָא שְׁגָא לָנָא מִדַעַם כָּל יוֹמִין דִי הֲלֵכְנָא עִמְהוֹן כַּד הֲוֵינָא שָׁרָן בְחַקְלָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Yet the men were very good to us and we suffered no harm, and we did not miss anything all the days that we were wandering among them, when we were staying in the field.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:16
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שׁוּר מַקַף הֲווֹ עִלָנָא אַף בְּלֵילֵי אַף בִּימָם כָּל יוֹמִין דַהֲוֵינָא עִמְהוֹן רָעָן עָנָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
They were a surrounding wall to us both by night and by day, all the days we were with them, tending the sheep.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:17
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וּכְעַן דְעִי וַחֲזֵי מַה תַעְבְּדִין אֲרֵי גְמִירָא בִּישְׁתָא לְמֵיתֵי עַל רִבּוֹנָנָא וְעַל כָּל בֵּיתֵיהּ וְהוּא גְבַר רַשִׁיעָא מִלְמַלָלָא עִמֵיהּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now, know this and consider what you should do, for it is determined that evil shall come against our lord and against all his house. And he is such a wicked man that one cannot speak with him.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:18
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וְאוֹחִיאַת אֲבִיגַיִל וּנְסִיבַת מָאתָן גְרִיצָן דִלְחֵם וּתְרֵין גַרְבִין דַחֲמַר וְחָמֵשׁ עָאן תַּכְבְּרָא וְחָמֵשׁ סְאִין קָלַיָא וּמְאָה אַתְכְּלִין דְעִנְבִין יְבֵישִׁין וּמָאתָן מָנָן דְבֵלָתָא וְשַׁוִיאַת עַל חֲמָרַיָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then Abigail hurried. She took two hundred loaves of bread and two skins of wine and five sheep with stuffing and five seahs of parched grain and hundred clusters of dried grapes and two hundred *mines* of dried figs. And she laid them on asses.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:19
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וַאֲמַרַת לְעוּלֵמָהָא עֲבַרוּ קֳדָמַי הָא אֲנָא בַּתְרֵיכוֹן אַתְיָא וּלְבַעֲלָהּ נָבָל לָא חֲוִיאַת:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And she said to her young man, “Go on before me. Behold, I come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:20
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וַהֲוָה הִיא רְכִיבָא עַל חַמְרָא וּנְחָתַת בִּסְטַר טוּרָא וְהָא דָוִד וְגַבְרוֹהִי נָחֲתִין לָקֳדָמוּתָהּ וַעֲרָעַת יַתְהוֹן:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And she rode on the ass and came down by the side of the mountain. And behold, David and his men came down toward her. And she met them.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:21
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וְדָוִד אֲמַר בְּרַם לְשִׁקְרָא נְטָרִית יַת כָּל דִי לְדֵין בְּמַדְבְּרָא וְלָא שְׁגָא מִכָּל דִי לֵיהּ מִדָעַם וַאַתֵיב לִי בִּישְׁתָּא חֲלַף טַבְתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now David had said, “Surely, in vain have I guarded all that this one has in the desert, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him. And he has returned me evil for good.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:22
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כְּדֵין יַעְבֵּיד אֱלֹהִים לְסַנְאֵי דָוִד וּכְדֵין יוֹסִיף אִם אַשְׁאִיר מִכָּל דִי לֵיהּ עַד מַנְהַר צַפְרָא יְדַע מַדָע:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Thus do the LORD to David’s haters and more also, if by the morning light I leave any who belongs to him that knows knowledge.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:23
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וַחֲזַת אֲבִיגַיל יַת דָוִד וְאוֹחִיאַת וְאִתְרְכִינַת מֵעַל חַמָרָא וּנְפַלַת לְאַפֵּי דָוִד עַל אַפָּהָא וּסְגִידַת עַל אַרְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and she turned herself from upon the ass and fell before David on her face, and bowed to the ground.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:24
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וּנְפָלַת עַל רִגְלוֹהִי וַאֲמַרַת בְּבָעוּ עֲלַי דִילִי רִבּוֹנִי חוֹבָא וּתְמַלֵל כְּעַן אַמְתָךְ קֳדָמָךְ וְתִשְׁמַע יַת פִּתְגָמֵי אַמְתָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And she fell before his feet and said, ``Please, [mind] me, my lord, mine is the guilt. Your handmaid will speak now before you and listen to the words of your handmaid.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:25
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לָא כְעַן יְשַׁוֵי רִבּוֹנִי יַת לִבֵּיהּ עַל גַבְרָא שַׁטְיָא הָדֵין עַל נָבָל אֲרֵי כִשְׁמֵיהּ כֵּן הוּא נָבָל שְׁמֵיהּ וְטִפְּשׁוּתָא עִמֵיהּ וַאֲנָא אַמְתָךְ לָא חֲזֵתִי יַת עוּלֵמֵי רִבּוֹנִי דִשְׁלָחְתָּא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Let not my lord now pay attention to this wicked man, to Nabal, for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name and stupidity is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:26
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:26)

וּכְעַן רִבּוֹנִי קַיָם הוּא יְיָ וְחַיֵי נַפְשָׁךְ דִי מְנָעָךְ יְיָ מִלְמִשְׁפַּךְ דַם זַכַּאי וּלְמִפְרַק יְדָךְ לָךְ וּכְעַן יְהוֹן כְּנָבָל סַנְאָךְ וּדְתָבְעִין עַל רִבּוֹנִי בִישְׁתָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Now, my lord, as the LORD is the existing One, and by your own life, [seeing] that the LORD has restrained you from shedding innocent blood and your hand from saving yourself, now then let your haters and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:27
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:27)

וּכְעַן תִּקְרוֹבְתָּא הָדָא דְאַיְתִיאַת אַמְתָךְ לְרִבּוֹנִי וְתִתְיְהַב לְעוּלֵמַיָא דִמְשַׁמְשִׁין קֳדָם רִבּוֹנִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And now, this present which your handmaid has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who are serving before my lord.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:28
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:28)

שְׁבוֹק כְּעַן לְחוֹבֵי אַמְתָךְ אֲרֵי קְיָמָא יְקַיֵים יְיָ לְרִבּוֹנִי מַלְכוּ קְיָמָא אֲרֵי קְרָבֵי עַמָא דַייָ רִבּוֹנִי מְגִיחַ וּבִישְׁתָּא לָא אִשְׁתְּכַחַת בָּךְ מִיוֹמָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Forgive the guilt of your handmaid, for the LORD will certainly establish for my lord a lasting kingdom, because my lord is waging the battles of the people of the LORD and evil is not found in you as long as you live.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:29
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:29)

וְקָם אֱנָשָׁא לְמִרְדְפָךְ וּלְמִבְעֵי לְמִקְטְלָךְ וּתְהֵא נַפְשָׁא דְרִבּוֹנִי גְנִיזָא בִּגְנַז חַיֵי עַלְמָא קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ וְיַת נְפַשׁ בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבָךְ יַפְרְחִינָהּ כְּמָא דְמַפְרְחִין אַבְנָא בְּקַלְעָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Should a man arise to pursue you and to seek to kill you, may the soul of my lord be stored in the storehouse of eternal life before the LORD your God. And may he sling out the soul of your enemies as they chase away a stone with a sling.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:30
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:30)

וַהֲוָה כַּד יְקַיֵים יְיָ לְרִבּוֹנִי כְּכֹל דְמַלֵיל לְאַיְתָאָה טַבְתָא עֲלָךְ וְיִפְקְדִינָךְ לְמֶהֱוֵי מַלְכָּא עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when the LORD has established for my lord according to all He has spoken to bring goodness over you and has commanded you to be king over Israel,


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:31
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:31)

וְלָא תְהֵי דָא לָךְ לְיַצָפָא וּלְתַקְלַת לֵב לְרִבּוֹנִי וּלְמִשְׁפַּךְ דַם זַכַּאי מַגָן וּלְמִפְרַק רִבּוֹנִי לֵיהּ וְכַד יוֹטִיב יְיָ לְרִבּוֹנִי וְתִדְכַּר יַת אַמְתָךְ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
this [situation] will not be for you a grief and an offence for the heart, for having shed innocent blood without cause or for my lord saving himself. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:32
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:32)

וַאֲמַר דָוִד לַאֲבִיגַיִל בְּרִיךְ יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל דְשַׁלְחָךְ יוֹמָא דֵין לָקֳדָמוּתִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day toward me!


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:33
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:33)

וּבְרִיךְ מַדָעִיךְ וּבְרִיכָא אַתְּ דִמְנַעְתַּנִי יוֹמָא הָדֵין מִלְמִשְׁפַּךְ דַם זַכַּאי וּלְמִפְרַק יְדֵי לִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Blessed be your knowledge and blessed be you, who have restrained me from shedding innocent blood and my hands from saving myself!


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:34
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:34)

וּבְרַם קַיָם הוּא יְיָ אֱלָהָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל דִמְנָעַנִי מִלְאַבְאָשָׁא לִיךְ אֲרֵי אִלוּלָא פוֹן אוֹחִית וְאָתֵית לָקֳדָמוּתִי אֱלָהֵין אִשְׁתְּאַר לְנָבָל עַד מַנְהָר צַפְרָא יְדַע מַדָע:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
For as the LORD, the God of Israel, is the existing One, who has restrained me from hurting you, unless you had made haste and come to meet me, truly by the morning light there had not been left to Nabal anyone knowing knowledge.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:35
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:35)

וְקַבֵּיל דָוִד מִנָה יַת דְאַיְתִיאַת לֵיהּ וְלָהּ אָמַר סַקִי לִשְׁלָם לְבֵיתָךְ חֲזֵי דְקַבֵּילִית מִנִיךְ וּנְסֵבִית אַפַּיְכִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
Then David accepted from her what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See that I have accepted from you and that I have restored you to favour.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:36
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:36)

וַאֲתַת אֲבִיגַיִל לְוַת נָבָל וְהָא לֵיהּ מִשְׁתְּיָא בְּבֵיתֵיהּ כְּמִשְׁתֵּי מַלְכָּא וְלִבָּא דְנָבָל שַׁפִּיר עֲלוֹהִי וְהוּא רָוֵי עַד לַחֲדָא וְלָא חַוִיאַת לֵיהּ פִּתְגַם זְעֵיר וְרַב עַד מַנְהַר צַפְרָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house like a feast of kings. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him and he was exceedingly drunk. So she did not tell him anything, much or little, until the morning light.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:37
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:37)

וַהֲוָה בְצַפְרָא כַּד פָּג חַמְרָא מִנָבָל וְחַוִיאַת לֵיהּ אִתְּתֵיהּ יַת פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין וּמִית לִבֵּיהּ בִּמְעוֹהִי וְהוּא הֲוָא כְאַבְנָא:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And in the morning, when the wine had evaporated from Nabal, his wife told him these things. And his heart died within him and he became like a stone.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:38
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:38)

וַהֲוָה לִזְמַן עַשְׂרָא יוֹמִין וּתְבַר יְיָ יַת נָבָל וּמִית:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And ten days later the LORD shattered Nabal and he died.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:39
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:39)

וּשְׁמַע דָוִד אֲרֵי מִית נָבָל וַאֲמַר בְּרִיךְ יְיָ דְדָן יַת דִין חִיסוּדִי מִידָא דְנָבָל וְיַת עַבְדֵיהּ מְנַע מִלְמֶעְבַּד בִּישָׁא וְיַת בִּישַׁת נָבָל אֲתִיב יְיָ בְּרֵישֵׁיהּ וּשְׁלַח דָוִד וּשְׁאִיל בַּאֲבִיגַיִל לְמִסְבָהּ לֵיהּ לְאִתּוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the LORD who administered my shameful lawsuit against Nabal and has restrained his servant from evil. And the LORD has returned Nabal’s evil upon his own head.” Then David sent and asked for Abigail to take her for a wife.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:40
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:40)

וַאֲתוּ עַבְדֵי דָוִד לְוַת אֲבִיגַיִל לְכַרְמְלָא וּמַלִילוּ עִמָה לְמֵימַר דָוִד שַׁלְחָנָא לְוָתִיךְ לְמִסְבִיךְ לֵיהּ לְאִתּוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And when David’s servants came to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you for a wife,”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:41
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:41)

וְקָמַת וּסְגִידַת עַל אַפָּהָא עַל אַרְעָא וַאֲמַרַת הָא אַמְתָךְ לְאַמְהוּ לְאַסְחָאָה רִיגְלֵי עַבְדֵי רִבּוֹנִי:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
she rose and bowed down with her face to the ground, and said, “Behold, your handmaid will be the handmaid to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:42
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:42)

וְאוֹחִיאַת וְקָמַת אֲבִיגַיִל וּרְכִיבַת עַל חֲמָרָא וַחֲמֵשׁ עוּלֵימְתָהָא דְאָזְלִין לְקִיבְלָהּ וַאֲזַלַת בָתַר אִזְגַדֵי דָוִד וַהֲוַת לֵיהּ לְאִתּוּ:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted on an ass, while her five young women went alongside her. And she went after David’s messengers and she became his wife.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:43
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:43)

וְיַת אֲחִינוֹעַם נְסִיב דָוִד מִיִזְרֶעֶאל וַהֲוָאָה אַף תַּרְוֵיהוֹן לֵיהּ לִנְשִׁין:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel. And both of them became his wives.


###### Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:44
[Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 25:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Targum%20Jonathan%20on%20I%20Samuel/r/25:44)

וְשָׁאוּל יְהַב יַת מִיכַל בְּרַתֵּיה אִתַּת דָוִד לְפַלְטִי בַּר לַיִשׁ דְמִגַלִים:

**The Targum of Samuel; trans. E. van Staalduine-Sulman. Leiden: Brill, 2002:**
And Saul had given Michal his daugther, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.