1 Samuel 25:36-44

36 When Abigail went to Nabal, he was in the house holding a banquet like that of a king. He was in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until daybreak.
37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.
38 About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died.
39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the LORD, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.
40 His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.”
41 She bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “I am your servant and am ready to serve you and wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
42 Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife.
43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.
44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel[a] son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

Cross References 10

  • 1. S Ruth 3:7; 2 Samuel 13:23
  • 2. Proverbs 20:1; Ecclesiastes 10:17; Isaiah 5:11,22; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 56:12; Hosea 4:11
  • 3. ver 19
  • 4. Exodus 15:16
  • 5. Deuteronomy 32:35; 1 Samuel 24:12; 1 Samuel 26:10; 2 Samuel 6:7; 2 Samuel 12:15
  • 6. 2 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 3:3; 1 Chronicles 3:1; Genesis 24:61-67
  • 7. Joshua 15:56; 2 Samuel 3:2; 1 Chronicles 3:1
  • 8. 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5; 2 Samuel 2:2
  • 9. 2 Samuel 3:15
  • 10. Isaiah 10:30

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew "Palti" , a variant of "Paltiel"
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