Talk:Abigail

message: I have removed the irreverent reference to Abigail as a shallow woman who was attracted to David because he was an outlaw. This thesis was based on a paper published on the Web by Sara Williams, an undergraduate student at the University of Florida. The paper refers to David as an evil man but fails to prove this. Accordingly, Abigail is referred to as "sexually attracted to an outlaw".  This is inappropriate information to include in a Wikipedia article and, except for the student article, is undocumented. David was the chosen one of God, the father of Solomon, anointed three times and is the darling of the Lord.  Not only is the Ms. William's premise silly, but it is preposterous that God would anoint an evil man.  The paper is a ludicrous reading of the extraordinary encounter between Abigail and David. I suggest that the use of student papers to validate outrageous theories is inappropriate in view of the subject matter.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.189.28.190 (talk) 11:43, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, fair enough. The paper does not seem to have received any citations in academic journals, only a mention on the web here. StAnselm (talk) 19:53, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information Based on Undergraduate Student Paper 

message: "Abigail occurs once[1] and is thought by the vast majority of scholars to be an alternate spelling of Abigail."
Both spellings are the same...is the first supposed to be "Abagail," which is an alternate spelling of Abigail?
DonaNobisPacem (talk) 15:20, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  This makes no sense... 

message: from the NIV rendering of 1Sam 25 v43 ...
"David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives."
The use of 'had' suggests that David had married Ahinoam before Abigail.  Other versions are more ambiguous.
Furthermore, 1Sam 30 v5 also suggests this sequence ...
"David’s two wives had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel."
This calls into question the statement in the main article that Abigail was David's second wife. 92.87.28.5 (talk) 09:46, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think that is how most scholars would read it. StAnselm (talk) 18:41, 24 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It does seem that she would be the third of his wives.  Should the text be revised? --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 15:58, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

text: does this belong in a Wikipedia Talk page? --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 15:58, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order of David's wives 

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