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Abigail stopped David in his tracks
David set out to kill a rich man who insulted him. The man's wife, Abigail, met him on the road and talked him out of it. The narrator mentions her intelligence before her beauty.
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Hers is the longest speech by a woman in the Bible. She paints David's bright future and warns him not to stain it with needless bloodshed. Four women, Michal, Abigail, Bathsheba, and Abishag, mark the phases of David's life.
Bible reference: 1 Samuel 25
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 373–374
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