1 Samuel 25:20
18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
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.
21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 4:24
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
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