1 Samuel 25:40

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

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  • Gen 24:37-38 : 37 My master made me swear an oath, saying, 'You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live. 38 Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'
  • Gen 24:51 : 51 Here is Rebekah; take her and go. Let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has spoken.

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  • 1 Sam 25:41-43
    3 verses
    85%

    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.

    43David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both women became his wives.

  • 1 Sam 25:30-39
    10 verses
    85%

    30When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord all the good things he promised and has appointed you ruler over Israel,

    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.

  • 1 Sam 25:14
    81%

    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 25:3-6
    4 verses
    79%

    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 30:5
    79%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:18-20
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

    19She said to her servants, "Go ahead of me; I will follow you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

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

  • 1 Sam 25:23-27
    5 verses
    77%

    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.

  • 2 Sam 2:2
    76%

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

  • 1 Sam 25:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 27:3
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Sam 18:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26When Saul’s servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king’s son-in-law. However, the allotted time had not yet passed.

    27So David arose and went out with his men, and they struck down two hundred Philistines. David brought their foreskins and presented the full number to the king so that he might become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

  • 1 Sam 18:24
    73%

    24When Saul’s servants reported back what David had said,

  • 2 Sam 3:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to David, saying, 'Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help bring all Israel to you.'

    13'Good,' said David, 'I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing: Do not see my face unless you bring Michal, daughter of Saul, when you come to see me.'

    14Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, son of Saul, to say, 'Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a payment of one hundred Philistine foreskins.'

  • 1 Sam 18:22
    73%

    22Then Saul ordered his servants, 'Speak to David privately and say, "Look, the king likes you, and all his servants love you; now become his son-in-law."'

  • 1 Kgs 2:17
    73%

    17He continued, 'Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:21
    72%

    21So she said, 'Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.'

  • 2 Sam 3:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David prepared a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

    21Then Abner said to David, 'Let me go at once and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and you may rule over all that your heart desires.' So David sent Abner away in peace.

  • Gen 24:51
    72%

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

  • 1 Sam 18:19
    71%

    19But when the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given instead to Adriel of Meholah in marriage.

  • 2 Sam 3:16
    71%

    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 24:38
    71%

    38Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

  • 1 Sam 18:17
    71%

    17Saul said to David, 'Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage, but you must serve me bravely and fight the LORD’s battles.' For Saul thought, 'I will not raise my hand against him; let the Philistines do that.'

  • 2 Sam 11:4
    71%

    4So David sent messengers, took her, and she came to him. He slept with her while she was purifying herself from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house.

  • Gen 24:40
    71%

    40He answered me, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and make your journey successful, so that you can take a wife for my son from my family and my father's household.

  • 2 Sam 11:27
    71%

    27After the mourning was over, David sent for her and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.