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How I found a deeper story in the biblical narrative of David and Abigail
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Kirsty A Wilmott2025-09-17T05:04:00
Writer Kirsty A Wilmott invites readers into the world of Abigail and her five handmaidens, weaving biblical truth with creative imagination in her debut historical novel, Radiant. Through their eyes, she explores brokenness, courage, and the unexpected ways God meets us in the shadows.
I love the Bible stories of David, the boy destined to be king, a man after God’s own heart. I love that he failed, married, and repented many times.
Abigail was beautiful and intelligent, the only woman in the Bible so described. She was also courageous, not hesitating to ride out and meet four-hundred armed men coming to kill her family because of her husband’s arrogance.
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