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1 Samuel 25:20

David

18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys

19 and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.

21 Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

22 May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”

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BSB
As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
KJV
And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
WEB
As she rode on her donkey, and came down hidden by the mountain, behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.
ASV
And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
DARBY
And as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the hill, behold, David and his men came down opposite to her; and she met them.
BLB
And it came to pass [as] she rode on the donkey, that she went down under cover of the mountain, and behold, David and his men were coming down toward her, and she met them.
ÅB
Mens hun nå red på eselet og kom ned i en hulvei i fjellet, fikk hun se David og hans menn, som kom ned imot henne, så hun møtte dem.
OTB
Mens hun red på sitt esel og kom ned ved den skjulte delen av fjellet, kom David og hans menn ned mot henne; så hun møtte dem.
B1930
Mens hun nu red på asenet og kom ned i en hulvei i fjellet, fikk hun se David og hans menn, som kom ned imot henne, så hun møtte dem.

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  • 2 Kings 4:24

    Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

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