87 — Person: Abigail

Number: 87

Person: Abigail

Action: Meeting David with provisions (bread, wine, sheep — averting his wrath)

Object: Bread, wine, sheep

Scripture connection: 1 Samuel 25:18 — Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep already prepared and five seahs of parched grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. 1 Samuel 25:32 — And David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!"

Memory hook: 87 = Chet-Zayin = fence + weapon; 1 Sam 25. Abigail and the provisions — the number 87 is the wise woman who met David and became his wife.

Why this number? 87 = Chet-Zayin = fence + weapon; 1 Sam 25. Abigail met David with bread, wine, and sheep; the number 87 ties her to the Hebrew letters and the provisions.