David and the troops with him wept loudly until they had no strength left to weep. David’s two wives,(A) Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had also been kidnapped. David was in an extremely difficult position because the troops talked about stoning him,(B) for they were all very bitter over the loss of their sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.(C)

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