Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(fool). The Carmelite shepherd who refused food to David (1 Sam. 25).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
A wealthy man in Maon, husband of Abigail. His shepherds and his flocks had been protected in the wilderness by David and his followers. David, therefore, during the sheep-shearing festivities, sent to greet Nabal and to ask for a share of his abundance—anything he liked to send him. Nabal, however, railed on David’s men and refused to give them anything. He had no faith to discern in David the anointed of Jehovah. Abigail hastened to appease David’s wrath. David accepted her person and her present, and left Nabal in God’s hands. The next morning, when Abigail told him the danger he had escaped, his heart died within him. After about ten days God smote him and he died. Thus did God avenge the insult given to His servant when in rejection, and saved him from avenging himself (1 Sam. 25:3-39).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
the same as 5036; dolt; Nabal, an Israelite
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
foolish
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Lean; a fool; mad; senseless; wicked:―a Carmelite shepherd, 1 Sam. 25:3. {Marcidus}