How did David respond to Abigail’s plea?

David was thankful for Abigail. He recognized that it was the Lord who had sent her and thereby restrained him from impulsive folly and wrongdoing (see 1 Samuel 25:26).¹ She had kept him from following in the footsteps of Saul (see 1 Samuel 22:1–23).² Publicly restrained through the words of a woman (1 Samuel 25:39), there would have been an element of shame before his men.³ Other speeches from wise women will also be found later in the book (see 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 20:16–19).⁴