Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 25:42

42 Yà bǐ gāi lìkè qǐshēn , qí shàng lü , daì zhe wǔ gè shǐnǚ , gēn cóng Dàwèi de shǐzhĕ qù le , jiù zuò le Dàwèi de qī .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 25:42 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 25:42

And Abigail hasted and arose
She had no objection nor hesitation in her mind about marrying David but at once consented, and immediately prepared for her journey, having as high an opinion, and as great an esteem of David, as he of her; and though she was rich and he peer this was no obstacle in the way, she knew and believed he would be king of Israel, ( 1 Samuel 25:30 1 Samuel 25:31 ) ; and though he could not support her, she had enough to support herself, and supply him, till he came to the throne: and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her;
whom she took with her, partly to wait upon her, and partly for her honour, and the honour of David, whom she was going to marry: and she went after the messengers of David:
not following them directly, but some time after they were gone; partly for the sake of decency, and partly that they going before might acquaint David with the success of their message, and he might prepare to receive Abigail when she came: and became his wife;
he espoused and married her according to the custom of the times.

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 25:42 In-Context

40 Dàwèi de púrén dào le Jiāmì jiàn yà bǐ gāi , duì tā shuō , Dàwèi dǎfa wǒmen lái jiàn nǐ , xiǎng yào qǔ nǐ wèi qi .

41 Yà bǐ gāi jiù qǐlai , fǔfú zaì dì , shuō , wǒ qíngyuàn zuò bìnǚ , xǐ wǒ zhǔ púrén de jiǎo .

42 Yà bǐ gāi lìkè qǐshēn , qí shàng lü , daì zhe wǔ gè shǐnǚ , gēn cóng Dàwèi de shǐzhĕ qù le , jiù zuò le Dàwèi de qī .

43 Dàwèi xiān qǔ le yé sī liè rén yà xī nuǎn , tāmen èr rén dōu zuò le tāde qī .

44 Sǎoluó yǐ jiāng tāde nǚér mǐ jiǎ , jiù shì Dàwèi de qī , gĕi le jiā lín rén lā yì de érzi pà tí wèi qī .