1 Samuel 25:40

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When David’s servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.”

Cross References

Genesis 24:51

Look, Rebekah is before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.”

Proverbs 11:16

A gracious woman gets honor, but she who hates virtue is covered with shame. The timid become destitute, but the aggressive gain riches.

1 Samuel 25:39

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the case of Nabal’s insult to me and has kept back his servant from evil; the Lord has returned the evildoing of Nabal upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail to make her his wife.

1 Samuel 25:41

She rose and bowed down, with her face to the ground, and said, “Your servant is a slave to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”