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1 Samuel 25:42
1 Samuel 25:42 is verse 42 of 1 Samuel chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
King James Version
And 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.
World English Bible
Abigail hurriedly arose and rode on a donkey with her five maids who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
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1 Samuel 25:40–44 · Berean Standard Bible
40 When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
41 She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
42 So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
44 But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 24:61Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
Genesis 24:62Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
Genesis 24:63Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
Genesis 24:64And when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
Genesis 24:65and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
Genesis 24:66Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
Genesis 24:67And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah as his wife. And Isaac loved her and was comforted after his mother’s death.
Psalms 45:10Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
Psalms 45:11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.