1 Samuel 25:39

Webster_Strongs⁽ⁱ⁾

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

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Blessed.
1 Samuel 25:32; Judges 5:2; 2 Samuel 22:47-49; Psalms 58:10; Psalms 58:11; Revelation 19:1-4
pleaded.
Proverbs 22:23; Lamentations 3:58-60; Micah 7:9
kept his servant.
1 Samuel 25:26; 1 Samuel 25:34; Hosea 2:6; Hosea 2:7; 2 Corinthians 13:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Timothy 4:18
hath returned.
2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 3:29; 1 Kings 2:44; Esther 7:10; Psalms 7:16
to take her.It is probable that David had heard that Saul, to cut off his pretensions to the throne, had married Michal to Phalti; and this justified him in taking Abigail, it not being then unlawful for a man to have several wives. This conduct of David's corresponds with the manner in which the Oriental princes generally form their matrimonial alliances. "The king of Abyssinia," says Mr. Bruce, "sends an officer to the house where the lady lives, who announces to her that it is the king's pleasure she should remove instantly to the palace. She then dresses herself in the best manner, and immediately obeys. Thenceforward he assigns her an apartment in the palace, and gives her a house elsewhere in any part she chooses."
Proverbs 18:22; Proverbs 19:14; Proverbs 31:10; Proverbs 31:30