1 Samuel 25:36-44

36Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was having 1a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was cheerful within him, 2for he was very drunk; so 3she did not tell him anything 4at all until the morning light. 37But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became like a stone. 38About ten days later, 5the Lord struck Nabal and he died.

39When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has 6pleaded the cause of the shame inflicted on me by the hand of Nabal, and 7has kept back His servant from evil. The Lord has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent 89a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 40When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.” 41And she got up 10and bowed with her face to the ground, and said, “Behold, your slave is a servant 11to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.” 42Then 12Abigail got up quickly, and rode on a donkey, with her five female attendants who 13accompanied her; and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.

43David had also taken Ahinoam of 14Jezreel, and 15they both became his wives.

44But Saul had given his daughter 16Michal, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from 17Gallim.