1 Samuel 25:23

23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.

1 Samuel 25:23 in Other Translations

23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey and fell before David on her face and bowed to the ground.

23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed low before him.

23 As soon as Abigail saw David, she got off her donkey and fell on her knees at his feet, her face to the ground in homage,

23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from her donkey. She immediately bowed down in front of David with her face touching the ground.

23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey and fell with her face to the ground in front of David.

23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey. She bowed down in front of David with her face toward the ground.

1 Samuel 25:23 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:23

And when Abigail saw David
Whom she either knew personally, or rather supposed who he was by the number of men that followed him:

she hasted, and alighted off the ass;
on which she rode:

and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground;
in respect to, and reverence of, so great a person as David was.

1 Samuel 25:23 In-Context

21 David had just said, “It’s been useless—all my watching over this fellow’s property in the wilderness so that nothing of his was missing. He has paid me back evil for good.

22 May God deal with David, be it ever so severely, if by morning I leave alive one male of all who belong to him!”

23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground.

24 She fell at his feet and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, and let me speak to you; hear what your servant has to say.

25 Please pay no attention, my lord, to that wicked man Nabal. He is just like his name—his name means Fool, and folly goes with him. And as for me, your servant, I did not see the men my lord sent.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 19:1; S 1 Samuel 20:41