1 Samuel 25:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself facedown before David, and bowed to the ground.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 20:41 : 41 When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.
  • Josh 15:18 : 18 One time Achsah came and charmed her father so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“What would you like?”
  • Judg 1:14 : 14 One time Achsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“What would you like?”
  • 1 Sam 24:8 : 8 Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

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  • 1 Sam 25:39-42
    4 verses
    84%

    39When David heard that Nabal had died, he said,“Praised be the LORD who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! The LORD has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

    40So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her,“David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

    41She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said,“Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

    42Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her. She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

  • 1 Sam 25:18-20
    3 verses
    81%

    18So Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred lumps of pressed figs. She loaded them on donkeys

    19and said to her servants,“Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

    20Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.

  • 1 Sam 25:24-25
    2 verses
    81%

    24Falling at his feet, she said,“My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak to you! Please listen to the words of your servant!

    25My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.

  • 1 Sam 25:31-36
    6 verses
    75%

    31Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the LORD has granted my lord success, please remember your servant.”

    32Then David said to Abigail,“Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

    33Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

    34Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives– he who has prevented me from harming you– if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

    35Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her,“Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably.”

    36When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning’s light.

  • 1 Sam 25:14
    74%

    14But one of the servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail,“David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our lord, but he screamed at them.

  • 2 Sam 24:20
    74%

    20When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Chr 21:21
    73%

    21When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground.

  • Judg 1:14
    73%

    14One time Achsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“What would you like?”

  • Josh 15:18
    72%

    18One time Achsah came and charmed her father so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her,“What would you like?”

  • 1 Sam 25:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.

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

    5he sent ten servants, saying to them,“Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.

  • 2 Sam 14:4
    72%

    4So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said,“Please help me, O king!”

  • Gen 24:52
    71%

    52When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 1:2
    71%

    2On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground.

  • Num 22:25
    70%

    25And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he beat her again.

  • 2 Sam 14:33
    70%

    33So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.

  • Num 22:33
    70%

    33The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.”

  • Gen 24:64
    70%

    64Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel

  • 1 Kgs 1:16
    70%

    16Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said,“What do you want?”

  • 2 Kgs 4:24
    70%

    24She saddled the donkey and told her servant,“Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”

  • Num 22:27
    70%

    27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff.

  • 1 Sam 25:9
    70%

    9So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.

  • Num 22:23
    70%

    23And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.

  • 1 Kgs 1:23
    70%

    23The king was told,“Nathan the prophet is here.” Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor.

  • 1 Sam 24:8
    69%

    8Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul,“My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

  • 1 Kgs 1:31
    69%

    31Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said,“May my master, King David, live forever!”

  • 2 Sam 14:22
    69%

    22Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said,“Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!”

  • 2 Sam 17:23
    69%

    23When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father.

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
    69%

    28David Picks Solomon as His Successor King David responded,“Summon Bathsheba!” She came and stood before the king.

  • Num 22:31
    68%

    31Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground.

  • Judg 19:3
    68%

    3her husband came after her, hoping he could convince her to return. He brought with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father’s house and the girl’s father saw him, he greeted him warmly.

  • 1 Sam 25:27
    68%

    27Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord.

  • 1 Sam 28:14
    68%

    14He said to her,“What about his appearance?” She said,“An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!”Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 2 Sam 15:5
    68%

    5When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

  • 2 Sam 15:32
    67%

    32When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

  • 2 Sam 9:6
    67%

    6When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said,“Mephibosheth?” He replied,“Yes, at your service.”

  • Gen 24:26
    67%

    26The man bowed his head and worshiped the LORD,