Verse 44
1 Samuel 25:44
Literal Standard Version
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and Saul gave his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Phalti son of Laish, who is 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
And Samuel dies, and all Israel is gathered, and mourns for him, and buries him in his house, in Ram...
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2
And there is a man in Maon, and his work is in Carmel; and the man is very great, and he has three t...
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And the name of the man is Nabal, and the name of his wife is Abigail, and the woman is of good unde...
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And David hears in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,
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and David sends ten young men, and David says to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and you have come...
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and said thus to the living: And peace to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you ha...
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And now, I have heard that you have shearers; now, the shepherds whom you have have been with us, we...
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Ask your young men, and they declare it to you, and the young men find grace in your eyes, for we ha...
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And the young men of David come in, and speak to Nabal according to all these words, in the name of...
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10
And Nabal answers the servants of David and says, “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? Have s...
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And have I taken my bread, and my water, and my flesh, which I slaughtered for my shearers, and have...
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And the young men of David turn on their way, and turn back, and come in, and declare to him accordi...
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13
And David says to his men, “Each gird on his sword”; and they each gird on his sword, and David also...
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And one young man of the youths has declared it to Abigail wife of Nabal, saying, “Behold, David has...
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and the men are very good to us, and have not put us to shame, and we have not looked after anything...
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they have been a wall to us both by night and by day, all the days of our being with them, feeding t...
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And now, know and consider what you do; for evil has been determined against our lord, and against a...
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18
And Abigail hurries, and takes two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep, prepared...
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19
And she says to her young men, “Pass over before me; behold, I am coming after you”; and she has not...
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and it has come to pass, she is riding on the donkey and is coming down in the secret part of the hi...
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And David said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this one has in the wilderness, and nothing has...
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thus God (Elohim) does to the enemies of David, and thus He adds, if I leave of all that he has unti...
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And Abigail sees David, and hurries and comes down from off the donkey, and falls on her face before...
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and falls at his feet and says, “On me, my lord, the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in...
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25
Please do not let my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name is s...
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and now, my lord, YHWH lives, and your soul lives, in that YHWH has withheld you from coming in with...
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And now, this blessing which your maidservant has brought to my lord—it has been given to the young...
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Please bear with the transgression of your handmaid, for YHWH certainly makes a steadfast house for...
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And man rises to pursue you and to seek your soul, and the soul of my lord has been bound in the bun...
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And it has been, when YHWH does to my lord according to all the good which He has spoken concerning...
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that this is not to you for a stumbling-block, and for an offense of heart to my lord—either to shed...
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And David says to Abigail, “Blessed is YHWH, God (Elohim) of Israel, who has sent you to meet me thi...
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and blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you in that you have restrained me this day from com...
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And yet, YHWH lives, God (Elohim) of Israel, who has kept me back from doing evil with you, for unle...
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And David receives from her hand that which she has brought to him, and he has said to her, “Go up i...
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And Abigail comes to Nabal, and behold, he has a banquet in his house, like a banquet of the king, a...
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And it comes to pass in the morning, when the wine is gone out from Nabal, that his wife declares th...
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And it comes to pass in about ten days, that YHWH strikes Nabal and he dies,
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and David hears that Nabal is dead and says, “Blessed is YHWH who has pleaded the cause of my reproa...
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And the servants of David come to Abigail at Carmel, and speak to her, saying, “David has sent us to...
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And she rises and bows herself—face to the earth—and says, “Behold, your handmaid is for a maidserva...
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And Abigail hurries and rises, and rides on the donkey; and there are five of her young women who ar...
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43
And David has taken Ahinoam from Jezreel, and they are—even both of them—for wives to him;
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44
and Saul gave his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Phalti son of Laish, who is of Gallim.