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Abigail (Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל, Modern Avigáyil Tiberian ʾĂḇîḡáyil / ʾĂḇîḡāyil ; "my father's joy", spelled Abigal in 2 Samuel 17:25 in the American Standard Version but not in the King James Version) was the wife of Nabal; she became a wife of David after Nabal's death (1 Samuel 25). Abigail is David's second wife, after Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti, son of Laish when David went into hiding.
She became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3:3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia.
In the passage from 1 Samuel, Nabal demonstrates ingratitude towards David, and Abigail attempts to placate David in order to stop him taking revenge. She gives him food, and speaks to him, urging him not to "have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed" (verse 31, NIV) and reminding him that God will make him a "lasting dynasty" (verse 28). Jon Levenson calls this an "undeniable adumbration" of Nathan's prophecy in 2 Samuel 7.Alice Bach notes that Abigail pronounces a "crucial prophecy," and the Talmud regards her as one of the Tanakh's seven female prophets. Levenson, however, suggests that she "senses the drift of history" from intelligence rather than from special revelation.
Coordinates: 51°41′22″N 0°19′36″E / 51.6894°N 0.3266°E / 51.6894; 0.3266
Blackmore is a village in Essex, England. It is located approximately 3 miles (5 km) east of Chipping Ongar and 4 miles (7 km) north of Brentwood. The village is in the parish of Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green in the borough of Brentwood and the parliamentary constituency of Brentwood & Ongar.
The village was recorded in the Domesday Book as 'Phingaria' which was a Latinised form of its original Anglo-Saxon name, Fingreth, meaning 'the stream of the people of Fin'. It is thought that the name Blackmore was introduced in the Middle Ages as a reference to 'Black Marsh' or 'Black Swamp'.
The Priory Church of St Laurence church marks the site of a former Augustinian Priory, dissolved during the reign of Henry VIII in 1525. The church is the original building (but without the chancel which was destroyed at the time of dissolution) and is now the parish church and features one of the last remaining all wooden steeples (currently inhabited by a community of bats) in England. The site still shows signs of the original moat. The village itself is believed to have migrated to a location closer to the chapel of the Priory from around Fingrith Hall during the mediaeval period.
Nicholas Vince was born in West Germany in 1958 and lives in South London. Whilst he was at Mountview Theatre Academy, he met Clive Barker and was later cast as The Chatterer Cenobite in Hellraiser in 1987 and in its sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser II in 1988. He also played the Chatterer II. He played Kinski in the 1990 film Nightbreed.
For Marvel Comics he wrote stories for the Hellraiser and Nightbreed comics plus the series 'Warheads' and Mortigan Goth. He modelled for the art of John Bolton and for Dave McKean in Cages. He served as both secretary and chairman of the Comics Creators Guild.
His interview series "The Luggage in the Crypt" appeared in the magazine Skeleton Crew. His short story "Look, See" which gives an alternative origin of the The Chatterer appeared in Fear magazine.
As mentioned in the biographical notes in the collection of short stories Hellbound Hearts, prior to October 10, 2010 most of the details in this article were fiction created by one of his nephews. He also wrote the short stories "What Monsters Do" and "Other People's Darkness", the last will be filmed in 2015. "Other People's Darkness" is set for his directorial debut.
Andrew Brooke & Abigail Blackmore - Behind the Scenes of NICE GUY.
Despite the technical difficulties, a fascinating chat with Abigail with plenty of advice for actors and film makers. Abigail is a television and film writer, director, and occasional actor, working in comedy, horror and drama. ON MOBILE, please scroll to 13:47 to skip technical hooha. Her short horror-comedy, VINTAGE BLOOD, is enjoying a hugely successful festival run, premiering at Film4 FrightFest 2015 and winning the Audience Choice Award at TriForce Short Film Festival. BLIND DATE won Audience Awards at the Austin and Los Angeles Film Festivals; and Channel 4 commissioned a pilot based on the film—REGULARS. You can watch ‘Muldoon’, ‘Twister Assister’ and some of Abigail's other work at abigailblackmore.co.uk Follow Abigail on Twitter: @snaxhanso Join the Chattering with Nicholas ...
WINNER Audience Choice Award - TriForce Short Film Festival December 2015 WINNER Best Screenplay - Unrestricted View Film Festival April 2016 Short horror comedy written and directed by Abigail Blackmore. Produced by Ed Barratt starring Indira Varma, Sophie Thompson, Michael Rosen, Tracy Whitwell, Finlay Robertson, Abigail Blackmore and introducing Ruth Syratt.
Sitcom pilot written by Abigail Blackmore Cast: Michael Smiley, Cavan Clerkin, Dolly Wells, Ricky Grover, Abigail Blackmore, Matthew Blackmore. Directed by John Hardwick, produced by Dan Hine/Silver River/Ch4
How to beat the baron and unlock the Blackmore Stack achievement in Stacking. Stage 1 -- William Blackmore: Pump bellows into fire. Coal Cart Doll: Dump coal into fire. Stage 2 -- Clerk-of-the-Works Jasper: Maintain "Clean Out Access". Agnes Blackmore: Clean Out chimney. Stage 3 -- Put The Widow Chastity inside Archibald Blackmore: Chimney Climb up wall. The Widow Chastity: Seduce the Baron. Stage 4 -- Abigail Blackmore: Snuff Out 3 flames. Cromwell The terrible: Use The Royal Wedgie to lift up spikes. Stage 5 -- Agatha Blackmore: Parasol Spin into falling coal. Ursula Allendorf: Scream For Help into whistle. Stage 6 -- Put Albert Blackmore into Pelican: Fly To Nest. Albert Blackmore: Shovel large coal piece. Stage 7 -- Use Flare to light up matches. Meriweather Malodor: Flatuate in...
She's Behind You, Part Two: http://youtu.be/NozBtFz8xh8 The darkly-comic tale of a Sarah Pinborough obsessive who heads to the World Horror Convention to meet her heroine. "Shame, really... a profoundly disturbed woman" - Kim Newman "This short film has a lot to teach us about authors and fans and conventions and their relation with each other ... Very funny" - Neil Gaiman