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1 Samuel 25:42 KJV
1 Samuel · chapter 25 · verse 42
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.1 Samuel 25:42 · King James Version
1 Samuel 25:42 in context
40And 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.
41And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
42And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
44But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AbigailʼĂbîygayilAbigail or Abigal, the name of two IsraelitessesH26 →
- damselsnaʻărâha girlH5291 →
- hastedmâharproperly, to be liquid or flow easilyH4116 →
- aroseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- afterregela footH7272 →
- roderâkabto rideH7392 →
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We are now to attend Nabal's funeral and Abigail's wedding. I. Nabal's funeral. The apostle speaks of some that were twice dead, Jde 1:12. We have hare Nabal thrice dead, though but just now wonderfully rescued from the sword of David and delivered from so great a death;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 36-44