the wife. The Figure of speech Ampliatio, (App-6), by which Abigail is still called the wife of Nabal, though he was dead. Compare 1 Samuel 27:3; 2 Samuel 3:3. Those ignorant of Figures of Speech would call this. "discrepancy".
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1 Samuel 30:5
5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.