1 Samuel 25:40 - The Scriptures 2009

⁴⁰ And when the servants of Dawiḏ had come to Aḇiḡayil at Karmel, they spoke to her saying, “Dawiḏ sent us to you, to ask you to become his wife.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David sent us to you to take you to him to be his wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ When David’s servants reached Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you so you can become his wife.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And David's servants went to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you, so that he might take you to himself as wife."

1 Samuel 25:40 Cross References

Genesis 24:51

See, Riḇqah is before you. Take her and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as יהוה has spoken.

Proverbs 11:16

A woman showing favour obtains esteem, But ruthless men obtain riches.

1 Samuel 25:39

And Dawiḏ heard that Naḇal was dead, and he said, “Blessed be יהוה, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Naḇal, and has kept His servant from evil! For יהוה has returned the evil of Naḇal on his own head.” And Dawiḏ sent and spoke to Aḇiḡayil, to take her as his wife.

1 Samuel 25:41

And she arose, bowed her face to the earth, and said, “Here is your female servant, a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my master.”