1 Samuel 25:39-42 And 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.

KJV_Strongs⁽ⁱ⁾

39 H1732 And when David H8085 heard [H8799] H5037 that Nabal H4191 was dead [H8804] H559 , he said [H8799] H1288 , Blessed [H8803] H3068 be the LORD H7378 , that hath pleaded [H8804] H7379 the cause H2781 of my reproach H3027 from the hand H5037 of Nabal H2820 , and hath kept [H8804] H5650 his servant H7451 from evil H3068 : for the LORD H7725 hath returned [H8689] H7451 the wickedness H5037 of Nabal H7218 upon his own head H1732 . And David H7971 sent [H8799] H1696 and communed [H8762] H26 with Abigail H3947 , to take [H8800] H802 her to him to wife.

40 H5650 And when the servants H1732 of David H935 were come [H8799] H26 to Abigail H3760 to Carmel H1696 , they spake [H8762] H559 unto her, saying [H8800] H1732 , David H7971 sent [H8804] H3947 us unto thee, to take [H8800] H802 thee to him to wife.

41 H6965 And she arose [H8799] H7812 , and bowed [H8691] H639 herself on her face H776 to the earth H559 , and said [H8799] H519 , Behold, let thine handmaid H8198 be a servant H7364 to wash [H8800] H7272 the feet H5650 of the servants H113 of my lord.

42 H26 And Abigail H4116 hasted [H8762] H6965 , and arose [H8799] H7392 , and rode [H8799] H2543 upon an ass H2568 , with five H5291 damsels H1980 of hers that went [H8802] H7272 after H3212 her; and she went [H8799] H310 after H4397 the messengers H1732 of David H802 , and became his wife.

KJV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³⁹ And 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. ⁴⁰ And 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. ⁴¹ And 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. ⁴² 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.