1 Samuel 25:31-41

31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the LORD your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”
32 David said to Abigail, “Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me.
33 May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands.
34 Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”
35 Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, “Go home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.”
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.”

Cross References 11

  • 1. S Genesis 40:14
  • 2. 2 Samuel 3:10
  • 3. S Genesis 24:27; Exodus 18:10; Luke 1:68
  • 4. ver 26
  • 5. S ver 26
  • 6. S Genesis 19:21; 1 Samuel 20:42; 2 Kings 5:19
  • 7. S Ruth 3:7; 2 Samuel 13:23
  • 8. Proverbs 20:1; Ecclesiastes 10:17; Isaiah 5:11,22; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 28:7; Isaiah 56:12; Hosea 4:11
  • 9. ver 19
  • 10. Exodus 15:16
  • 11. Deuteronomy 32:35; 1 Samuel 24:12; 1 Samuel 26:10; 2 Samuel 6:7; 2 Samuel 12:15
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