1 Samuel 25:42

And Abigail hastened, and mounted, and rode upon her ass, with her five damsels that used to journey at her feet,—and she went her way after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

In Context

41And she arose, and bowed herself down with her face to the earth,—and said—Lo! thy handmaid, as serving-woman to bathe the feet of the servants of my lord.

43David took, Ahinoam also, out of Jezreel,—and, they two, became his wives.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 27:3And David abode with Achish in Gath, he and his men, each man with his household,—David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail wife of Nabal, the Carmelite.

2 Samuel 2:2So David went up thither, and his two wives also,—Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

Psalms 45:10Hearken, O daughter, and observe, Incline also thine ear, Forget, then, thine own people, And the house of thy father;

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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