1 Samuel 25:41

41 Y ella se levantó y postrándose rostro en tierra, dijo: He aquí, vuestra sierva es una criada para lavar los pies de los siervos de mi señor.

1 Samuel 25:41 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:41

And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth,
&c.] As she did before David, ( 1 Samuel 25:23 ) ; and did as she would have done had he been present, considering his messengers as representing him and therefore showed the same respect and reverence and did the same honour, as if he had been there in person: and said;
expressed herself in such language as if David had been before her: behold, [let] thine handmaid [be] a servant to wash the feet of the
servants of my lord;
which she said through her great humility, this being one of the meanest services she could be put to; intimating, that she was so far from being worthy to be the wife of such a man that she was only fit and it would be honour enough to her to perform the meanest services to those that waited upon him; or her sense is that it would be enough for her to be the wife of one of David's servants, and not his; it being the business of a wife, as Ben Gersom observes to wash the feet of her husband.

1 Samuel 25:41 In-Context

39 Cuando David supo que Nabal había muerto, dijo: Bendito sea el SEÑOR, que ha defendido la causa de mi afrenta de manos de Nabal, y ha preservado a su siervo del mal. El SEÑOR también ha devuelto la maldad de Nabal sobre su propia cabeza. Entonces David envió a hablar con Abigail, para tomarla para sí por mujer.

40 Y los siervos de David fueron a casa de Abigail en Carmel, y le hablaron diciendo: David nos ha enviado a ti, para tomarte para sí por mujer.

41 Y ella se levantó y postrándose rostro en tierra, dijo: He aquí, vuestra sierva es una criada para lavar los pies de los siervos de mi señor.

42 Abigail se levantó apresuradamente, montó en un asno, y con sus cinco doncellas que la atendían siguió a los mensajeros de David, y fue su mujer.

43 David había tomado también a Ahinoam de Jezreel, y ambas fueron mujeres suyas.