When her father told Abigail that she was pledged to Japheth—her playmate through the years, she was delighted. But just days before they were to marry, Japheth had a fatal accident. Abigail was devastated! She was very unhappy with her father when he made another marriage arrangement for her just two months later. The man’s name was Nabal. How could she marry someone so soon after Japheth’s death and a man she didn’t even know?