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Abigail and David
How Abigail and David are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Abigail and David were married.
Abigail met David on the road and kept him from taking revenge on her husband Nabal. After Nabal died, David sent for her and she became his wife.
blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood
1 Samuel 25:33, King James Version
went after the messengers of David, and became his wife
1 Samuel 25:42, King James Version
Where they cross: 1 Samuel 25:39-42
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
1 Samuel 25:33
33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
1 Samuel 25:39-42
39And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
41And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
42And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
King James Version