1 Samuel 25:41

And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

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In The King James Version

And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

In Context

40And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.

42Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's wife.

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Cross References

Ruth 2:10Then she went down on her face to the earth, and said to him, Why have I grace in your eyes, that you give attention to me, seeing I am from a strange people?

1 Samuel 25:23And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.

Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

1 Timothy 5:10And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 25:37-44

David Marries Abigail. ( b. c. 1057.) 36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal,… Read the whole commentary →

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