1 Samuel 25:40 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 25:40

When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

There is no note of the exact interval that elapsed between Nabal’s death and David’s hearing of it, or, again, between David’s hearing of it and his message to Abigail; nor is there any reason to suppose that the marriage took place with unbecoming haste. The widow of such a husband as Nabal had been could not, however, be expected to revere his memory. After the usual mourning of seven days, she would probably feel herself free to act as custom allowed. (See 2Sa 11:26.)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they went	H935 →
עַבְדֵ֥י	'av.Dei	[the] servants of	H5650 →
דָוִ֛ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֲבִיגַ֖יִל	'a.vi.Ga.yil	Abigail	H26 →
הַכַּרְמֶ֑לָה	ha.kar.Me.lah	<the> Carmel towards	H3760 →
וַיְדַבְּר֤וּ	vay.da.be.Ru	and they spoke	H1696 →
אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙	'e.Lei.ha	to her	H413 →
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
שְׁלָחָ֣נוּ	she.la.Cha.nu	he has sent us	H7971 →
אֵלַ֔יִךְ	'e.La.yikh	to you	H413 →
לְקַחְתֵּ֥ךְ	le.kach.Tekh	to take you	H3947 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	for <the> himself
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 24:51
Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
leads to
- Genesis 20:15
  And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
- Genesis 24:15
  Before the servant had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s brother Nahor.
- 2 Samuel 16:10
  But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”

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Where the connections lead

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