1 Samuel 25:40

The English Standar Version

When the servants of David 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

Behold, 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, and violent men get riches.

1 Samuel 25:39

When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD who has avenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. The LORD has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head." Then David sent and spoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

1 Samuel 25:41

And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord."