Verse 40

1 Samuel 25:40

English Revised Version

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40 And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thine handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ עַבְדֵ֥י דָוִ֛ד אֶל אֲבִיגַ֖יִל הַ/כַּרְמֶ֑לָ/ה וַ/יְדַבְּר֤וּ אֵלֶ֨י/הָ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר דָּוִד֙ שְׁלָחָ֣/נוּ אֵלַ֔יִ/ךְ לְ/קַחְתֵּ֥/ךְ ל֖/וֹ לְ/אִשָּֽׁה

English Translation

And David's servants came to Abigail at Carmel and spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you to take you as a wife for him."

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Chapter 25 Context

1 And Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and lamented him, and buried him in hi... Focus ↗

2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he ha... Focus ↗

3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and the woman was of good under... Focus ↗

4 And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nab... Focus ↗

5 and thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both unto thee, and peace be to thi... Focus ↗

6 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them n... Focus ↗

7 Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee: wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; f... Focus ↗

8 And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of Dav... Focus ↗

9 And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be m... Focus ↗

10 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give... Focus ↗

11 So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all thes... Focus ↗

12 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword;... Focus ↗

13 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of th... Focus ↗

14 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we... Focus ↗

15 they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep... Focus ↗

16 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and ag... Focus ↗

17 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready... Focus ↗

18 And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her hus... Focus ↗

19 And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, Da... Focus ↗

20 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that... Focus ↗

21 God (Elohim) do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him b... Focus ↗

22 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off her ass, and fell before David on her face,... Focus ↗

23 And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity: and let thine handmai... Focus ↗

24 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; N... Focus ↗

25 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden... Focus ↗

26 And now this present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men... Focus ↗

27 Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sur... Focus ↗

28 And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bo... Focus ↗

29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that h... Focus ↗

30 that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed... Focus ↗

31 And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, which sent thee this day... Focus ↗

32 and blessed be thy wisdom, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from bloodguiltiness, an... Focus ↗

33 For in very deed, as the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, liveth, which hath withholden me from hur... Focus ↗

34 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him: and he said unto her, Go up in peace t... Focus ↗

35 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and... Focus ↗

36 And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him thes... Focus ↗

37 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. Focus ↗

38 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause... Focus ↗

39 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David ha... Focus ↗

40 And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thine handmaid is a s...

41 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that followed her; an... Focus ↗

42 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives. Focus ↗

43 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the Son of Laish, which was of Gallim... Focus ↗

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Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 25 (43 verses)
Version: English Revised Version

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