Verse 44
1 Samuel 25:44
World English Bible
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Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/שָׁא֗וּל נָתַ֛ן אֶת מִיכַ֥ל בִּתּ֖/וֹ אֵ֣שֶׁת דָּוִ֑ד לְ/פַלְטִ֥י בֶן לַ֖יִשׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִ/גַּלִּֽים
English Translation
And Saul gave Michal, his daughter, the wife of David, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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Chapter 25 Context
1
Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and mourned for him, and buried him at his...
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2
There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three...
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3
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and...
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4
David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
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David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and gr...
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Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that y...
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7
Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm th...
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Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for...
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When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.
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10
Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many se...
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Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to...
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12
So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him all these words.
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13
David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!”
Every man put on his sword. David also put on h...
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14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of t...
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But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything, as long as we...
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They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
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17
Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and aga...
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18
Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two bottles of wine, five sheep ready dre...
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19
She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her...
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20
As she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his m...
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Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that...
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22
God (Elohim) do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by...
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23
When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and b...
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She fell at his feet, and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak i...
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Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he...
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Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from...
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27
Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who fol...
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28
Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, be...
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29
Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound i...
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30
It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken c...
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that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood...
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David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who sent you today to meet me...
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Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and f...
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For indeed, as Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unle...
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So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace...
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Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s h...
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In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart d...
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38
About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
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39
When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my r...
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40
When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us t...
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41
She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servan...
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Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she...
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43
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
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44
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.