1 Samuel 25:19

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She said to her servants, "Go ahead of me; I will follow you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

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  • Gen 32:20 : 20 He also instructed the second, the third, and all those who followed the herds: 'This is what you are to say to Esau when you meet him.'
  • Gen 32:16 : 16 Thirty camels nursing their young, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.
  • Prov 31:11-12 : 11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. 12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
  • Prov 31:27 : 27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

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  • 1 Sam 25:20
    83%

    20As she was riding her donkey down into a ravine, David and his men were descending toward her, and she met them.

  • 1 Sam 25:31-42
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    80%

    31my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the Lord has brought my lord success, remember your servant.

    32David said to Abigail, 'Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me.

    33Blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself with my own hand.

    34Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has prevented me from harming you, if you had not hurried to come to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning.

    35Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought to him and said, 'Go home in peace. See, I have listened to your words and granted your request.'

    36When 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.

    37Then 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.

    38About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

    39When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, 'Blessed be the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for insulting me, and has kept me, his servant, from wrongdoing. The Lord has brought Nabal’s wickedness upon his own head.' Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

    40David’s servants went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, 'David has sent us to you to take you to become his wife.'

    41Abigail got up, bowed with her face to the ground, and said, 'Here is your servant, ready to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

    42Abigail quickly got on a donkey, accompanied by five of her young women as attendants. She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

  • 1 Sam 25:8-14
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    79%

    8Ask your servants, and they will confirm this. Therefore, may my men find favor in your eyes, because we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you can spare to your servants and to your son, David.’"

    9When David’s young men arrived, they delivered this message to Nabal in David’s name and waited.

    10But Nabal answered David’s servants, "Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Nowadays many servants are breaking away from their masters.

    11Should I take my bread, my water, and the meat I’ve slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men from who knows where?"

    12David’s men turned and went back. When they arrived, they reported every word.

    13David said to his men, "Each of you, strap on your sword!" So they did, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men went with David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.

    14One of Nabal’s young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, "David sent messengers from the wilderness to bless our master, but he screamed insults at them.

  • 1 Sam 25:2-6
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    78%

    2There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. He was very wealthy and owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

    3The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was intelligent and beautiful, but Nabal, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.

    4While in the wilderness, David heard that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

    5David sent ten young men and instructed them, "Go to Carmel, find Nabal, and greet him on my behalf.

    6Say this to him: ‘Peace to you! Peace to your household, and peace to all that you have!’

  • 1 Sam 25:23-27
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    23When Abigail saw David, she hurriedly dismounted from her donkey, fell facedown at David’s feet, and bowed to the ground with deep respect.

    24She fell at his feet and said, "My lord, let the blame be on me alone. Please let your servant speak to you, and hear the words of your servant.

    25Please, my lord, pay no attention to this worthless man Nabal. He is exactly what his name suggests—his name means ‘fool,’ and folly goes with him. But I, your servant, did not see the men my lord sent.

    26Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as you live, the Lord has kept you from shedding blood and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those intent on harming my lord be as foolish as Nabal.

    27Now let this gift that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord.

  • 1 Sam 25:18
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    18Then Abigail quickly gathered two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred pressed fig cakes, and she loaded them on donkeys.

  • 2 Kgs 4:22-25
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    73%

    22She called her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God and come back."

    23He asked, "Why are you going to him today? It’s not a New Moon or a Sabbath." She replied, "It is well."

    24Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, "Lead on; don’t slow down for me unless I tell you."

    25So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When Elisha saw her in the distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, "Look, there is the Shunammite woman!"

  • 2 Sam 3:16
    72%

    16But her husband followed her, weeping as he went, all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, 'Go back home.' So he returned.

  • Gen 24:39
    72%

    39Then I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not come back with me?'

  • 2 Sam 2:2
    70%

    2So David went up there, along with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

  • 1 Sam 30:5
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    5Both of David’s wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

  • Judg 19:3
    70%

    3Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He took with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at her father’s house, the woman’s father saw him and was glad to welcome him.

  • Ruth 1:18
    69%

    18When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

  • Judg 19:28
    69%

    28He said to her, "Get up, let us go." But there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man set out for home.

  • Gen 24:61
    68%

    61Then Rebekah and her young women got up, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.

  • Gen 24:20
    68%

    20So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

  • 1 Sam 28:25
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    25She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Afterward, they got up and left that night.

  • Gen 24:51
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    51Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.

  • 1 Kgs 1:14
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    14While you are still speaking to the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words."

  • 2 Sam 14:3
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    3Then go to the king and speak to him as I instruct you." And Joab put the words into her mouth.

  • 1 Sam 27:3
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    3David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with their households, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel.

  • 2 Sam 3:22
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    22Just then, David’s men and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a large amount of plunder, but Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away in peace.