1 Samuel 25:38 “About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.”

1 Samuel 25:38

About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.

World English Bible

About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal, so that he died.

American Standard Version

And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.

Geneva Bible 1599

And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass in about ten days that Jehovah smote Nabal, and he died.

Young's Literal Translation

And it cometh to pass, [in] about ten days, that Jehovah smiteth Nabal, and he dieth,

Bible in Basic English

And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

1 Samuel 25:33 1 Samuel 6:9 Exodus 12:29 2 Kings 15:5 2 Kings 19:35 2 Chronicles 10:15

1 Samuel 25:33 · BSB

Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.

1 Samuel 6:9 · BSB

but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us…

Exodus 12:29 · BSB

Now at midnight the LORD struck down every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, as well as all the firstborn among th…

2 Kings 15:5 · BSB

And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

2 Kings 19:35 · BSB

And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

2 Chronicles 10:15 · BSB

So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

Also

2 Samuel 6:7 1 Samuel 26:10

2 Samuel 6:7 · BSB

And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.

1 Samuel 26:10 · BSB

David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

37In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him, and he became like a stone.

39On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

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