1st Samuel Chapter 25 verse 40 Holy Bible
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
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And when David's servants came to Carmel, to Abigail, they said to her, David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.
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And the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee as his wife.
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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.
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And when the servants of David had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David hath sent us to thee, to take thee to him for a wife.
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When the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.
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And the servants of David come in unto Abigail at Carmel, and speak unto her, saying, `David hath sent us unto thee to take thee to him for a wife.'
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(40) When the servants of David were come to Abigail.--The time that had elapsed between the death of Nabal and this mission of David to Abigail is not specified. The legal time of mourning was fixed at only seven days, but a very considerable period may have elapsed in this case. S. Ambrose allegorises here, as is usual in Patristic expositions, and compares the espousals of Abigail to David after Nabar's death to the union of the Church (i.e., the Gentile world) to Christ after the cessation of its connection with heathenism.--S. Ambrose, Ep. 31 (quoted in Words worth).Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewWhen [his]דָוִ֛ד (ḏā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesseservantsעַבְדֵ֥י (‘aḇ·ḏê)Noun - masculine plural constructStrong's 5650: Slave, servantcameוַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, gotoאֶל־ (’el-)PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toAbigailאֲבִיגַ֖יִל (’ă·ḇî·ḡa·yil)Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 26: Abigail -- 'my father is joy', two Israelite womenat Carmel,הַכַּרְמֶ֑לָה (hak·kar·me·lāh)Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singularStrong's 3760: Carmel -- a mountain promontory on the Mediterranean, also a city near Hebronthey said,וַיְדַבְּר֤וּ (way·ḏab·bə·rū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue“Davidדָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessehas sent usשְׁלָחָ֣נוּ (šə·lā·ḥā·nū)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common pluralStrong's 7971: To send away, for, outto take youלְקַחְתֵּ֥ךְ (lə·qaḥ·têḵ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singularStrong's 3947: To takeas his wife.”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (lə·’iš·šāh)Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singularStrong's 802: Woman, wife, femaleJump to PreviousAbigail Ab'igail Carmel David David's Servants Speak Wife
