1 Samuel 25:43
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.
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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.
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- BSB
- David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
- KJV
- David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
- WEB
- David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
- ASV
- David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
- DARBY
- David had also taken Ahinoam of Jizreel; and they became, even both of them, his wives.
- BLB
- And also Ahinoam David took from Jezreel, and became even both unto him for wives.
- ÅB
- Dessuten giftet David seg med Akinoam fra Jisre'el og de ble begge hans hustruer.
- OTB
- David tok også Ahinoam fra Jisre'el, og hun ble hans kone sammen med Abigail.
- B1930
- Dessuten giftet David sig med Akinoam fra Jisre'el og de blev begge hans hustruer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 27:3
David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
Read in context1 Samuel 30:5
David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.
Read in contextJoshua 15:56
Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah,
Read in context2 Samuel 3:2
And sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;
Read in contextMatthew 19:8
Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
Read in context2 Samuel 5:13–16
After he had arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
Read in contextGenesis 2:24
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
Read in contextMatthew 19:5
and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?
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