1 Samuel 25:40

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 24:37-38 : 37 And my master made me take an oath, saying, Do not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living; 38 But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
  • Gen 24:51 : 51 See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.

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  • 1 Sam 25:41-43
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    41And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

    42Then Abigail got up quickly and went on her ass, with five of her young women, after the men whom David had sent; and she became David's wife.

    43And David had taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, to be his wife; these two were his wives.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-39
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    30And when the Lord has done for my lord all those good things which he has said he will do for you, and has made you a ruler over Israel;

    31Then you will have no cause for grief, and my lord's heart will not be troubled because you have taken life without cause and have yourself given punishment for your wrongs: and when the Lord has been good to you, then give a thought to your servant.

    32And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:

    33A blessing on your good sense and on you, who have kept me today from the crime of blood and from taking into my hands the punishment for my wrongs.

    34For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

    35Then David took from her hands her offering: and he said to her, Go back to your house in peace; see, I have given ear to your voice, and taken your offering with respect.

    36And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

    37And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone.

    38And about ten days after, the Lord sent disease on Nabal and death came to him.

    39And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.

  • 1 Sam 25:14
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    14But one of the young men said to Nabal's wife Abigail, David sent men from the waste land to say kind words to our master, and he gave them a rough answer.

  • 1 Sam 25:3-6
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    3Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb.

    4And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep.

    5And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;

    6And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

  • 1 Sam 30:5
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    5And David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel, had been made prisoners.

  • 1 Sam 25:18-20
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    18Then Abigail quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready for cooking and five measures of dry grain and a hundred parcels of dry grapes and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on asses.

    19And she said to her young men, Go on in front of me and I will come after you. But she said nothing to her husband Nabal.

    20Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

  • 1 Sam 25:23-27
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    23And when Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her ass, falling down on her face before him.

    24And falling at his feet she said, May the wrong be on me, my lord, on me: let your servant say a word to you, and give ear to the words of your servant.

    25Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.

    26So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nabal.

    27And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

  • 2 Sam 2:2
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    2So David went there, taking with him his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail, the wife of Nabal of Carmel.

  • 1 Sam 25:8-9
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    8If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.

    9And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more.

  • 1 Sam 27:3
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    3And David and his men were living with Achish at Gath; every man had his family with him, and David had his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, who had been the wife of Nabal.

  • 1 Sam 18:26-27
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    26And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.

    27So David and his men got up and went, and put to death two hundred of the Philistines; and David took their private parts and gave the full number of them to the king, so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for his wife.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
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    24And the servants of Saul gave him an account of what David had said.

  • 2 Sam 3:12-14
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    12And Abner sent men to David at Hebron, saying, Make an agreement with me, and I will give you my support in getting all Israel on your side.

    13And he said, It is well; I will make an agreement with you, but on one condition, which is, that when you come before me, Saul's daughter Michal is to come with you; till she comes you will not see my face.

    14And David sent men to Saul's son Ish-bosheth, saying, Give me back Michal, my wife, whom I made mine for the price of the private parts of a hundred Philistines.

  • 1 Sam 18:22
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    22And Saul gave his servants orders saying, Have talk with David secretly and say to him, See how the king has delight in you, and how you are loved by all his servants: then be the king's son-in-law.

  • 1 Kgs 2:17
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    17Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?

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    21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother for a wife.

  • 2 Sam 3:20-21
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    20So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

    21And Abner said to David, Now I will go, and make all Israel come to my lord the king, so that they may make an agreement with you, and your kingdom may be as wide as your heart's desire. Then David sent Abner away and he went in peace.

  • Gen 24:51
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    51See, here is Rebekah: take her and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as the Lord has said.

  • 1 Sam 18:19
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    19But when the time came to give Merab, Saul's daughter, to David, she was given to Adriel of Meholath.

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    16And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.

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    38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.

  • 1 Sam 18:17
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    17And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.

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    27And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.