bookslover
Puritan Board Doctor
It seems obvious to me that Nabal (1 Samuel 25) must be the man's nickname or an epithet he earned from others due to his despicable personality and actions.
No new mother would take her newborn son in her arms and say to her husband, "Honey, let's call him Fool."
So, it must be an earned-later-in-life epithet.
As far as I know, the commentaries don't deal with this - unless I missed one.
No new mother would take her newborn son in her arms and say to her husband, "Honey, let's call him Fool."
So, it must be an earned-later-in-life epithet.
As far as I know, the commentaries don't deal with this - unless I missed one.