This story opens with David and his roughly six hundred followers are in the wilderness looking …show more content…
A better question is asking, whose interests are being brought out in this story? 1 Samuel 25 is a part of a literature set, collectively known as the Apology of David, as the name of this collection states, these stories are told with David’s interests in mind. That said, it is made clearer that the actions of Abigail and Nabal’s men are used to show that lots of people think David is in fact, the appointed king of Israel by God. Saul is no more the king over Israel. Through Abigail bringing the food that David’s men requested in his name, shows that people think David does have honor, and it needs to be acknowledged. The men of Nabal bring in another reason that David should be considered to have honor because a few of them were with David while they were watching Nabal’s flocks. David and his men actually took care and protected Nabal’s men while they were together. The scribes writing this story used Abigail and the men as examples to show David’s honor and the support he has as the appointed king of