Berean Standard Bible
1 Samuel 25:39-44
39On hearingH8085 thatH3588 NabalH5037 was deadH4191, DavidH1732 saidH559, “BlessedH1288 be the LORDH3068, whoH834 has upheldH7378 my causeH7379 againstH3027 the reproachH2781 of NabalH5037 andH853 has restrainedH2820 His servantH5650 from evilH7451. ForH853 the LORDH3068 has broughtH7725 the wickednessH7451 of NabalH5037 down upon his own headH7218.”
Then DavidH1732 sentH7971 wordH1696 to AbigailH26, askingH3947 her to become his wifeH802. 40WhenH1732 his servantsH5650 cameH935 toH413 AbigailH26 at CarmelH3760, they saidH1696, “DavidH1732 has sent usH7971 to take youH413H3947 as his wifeH802.”
41She aroseH6965, bowedH7812 facedownH639H776, and saidH559, “Here isH2009 your servantH519, ready to serveH8198 and to washH7364 the feetH7272 of my lord’sH113 servantsH5650.”
42So AbigailH26 hurriedH4116 and got onH7392H5921 a donkeyH2543, and attendedH1980 by fiveH2568 of her maidensH5291H7272, she followedH1980H310 David’sH1732 messengersH4397 and becameH1961 his wifeH802.
43DavidH1732 had alsoH853 marriedH3947 AhinoamH293 of JezreelH3157. So she and Abigail were bothH8147H1961 hisH1571 wivesH802. 44But SaulH7586 had givenH5414 his daughterH1323 MichalH4324, David’sH1732 wifeH802, to PaltiH64061 sonH1121 of LaishH3919, whoH834 was from GallimH1554.
Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 25:44 Palti is a variant of Paltiel; see 2 Samuel 3:15. ↩
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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