1 Samuel 25 · a question people ask
Did Abigail do wrong by going to David without telling Nabal?
The chapter reports it without praise or blame: "But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal" (25:19). It tells what she had been told first. One of the young men said to her, "evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him" (25:17). It tells what David said of her coming: "Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!" (25:32). And it tells that she didn't keep it from Nabal: she waited while he was "very drunk" (25:36), and "In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things" (25:37). The chapter says nothing more about it.
The verses
“Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.””
“She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.”
“David said to Abigail, “Blessed is the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!”
“Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light. In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.”