1 Samuel 25:42 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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.

1 Samuel 25:42 —

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Genesis 24:61-67
And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. …
Psalms 45:10-11
Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; …

Topics

Bigamy Concubinage Polygamy

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 36-44)

We are now to attend Nabal’s funeral and Abigail’s wedding. I. Nabal’s funeral. The apostle speaks of some that were twice dead, Jude 1:12. We have hare Nabal thrice dead, though but just now wonderfully rescued from the sword of David and delivered from so great a death; for the preservations of wicked men are but reservations for some further sorer strokes of divine wrath. Here is, 1. Nabal dead…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 42)

39-42. the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head--If this was an expression of pleasure, and David’s vindictive feelings were gratified by the intelligence of Nabal’s death, it was an instance of human infirmity which we may lament; but perhaps he referred to the unmerited reproach (1Sa 25:10, 11), and the contempt of God implied in it. David sent and communed with Abigail,…