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1 Samuel 25:40

AbigailDavidCarmel

38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal dead.

39 On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.

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

41 She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

42 So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

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BSB
When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
KJV
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
WEB
When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
ASV
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
DARBY
And the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee as his wife.
BLB
And the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, and they spoke to her, saying, “David sent us to you to take you to him as wife.”
ÅB
Davids tjenere kom til Abiga'il i Karmel, og de bar fram sitt ærend og sa: David har sendt oss til deg for å få deg til hustru.
OTB
Da Davids tjenere kom til Abigail i Karmel, talte de til henne og sa, "David har sendt oss til deg, for å ta deg til hans kone."
B1930
Davids tjenere kom til Abiga'il i Karmel, og de bar frem sitt ærend og sa: David har sendt oss til dig for å få dig til hustru.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 24:51

    Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”

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  • Genesis 24:37–38

    My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,

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