1 Samuel 25:40

Bible in Basic English 1965

And 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.

Cross References

Genesis 24:51

See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.

Proverbs 11:16

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

1 Samuel 25:39

And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.

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.