I. SamvEL XXV. 43.

them shall_He-_sling_out, as out of the_ middle_of ,! a xsling.
3% And it -shall_come_to_pass, when ‘the Lorp shall_have_done to my -lord according_to all «the good that He ‘hath _spoken concerning thee, and neil Sateen thee leruler over
sraél ;
31 That this shall_be no *grief unto thee, nor offence_of heart unto my -lord, either that thou -hast_shed blood causeless, or that my -lord -hath_ savenged himself: but when / the Lorp -shall_have_dealt_well with my -lord, then ‘remember thine -handmaid.”
*2 And David said to Abigail, “Bless- ed be 4 the Lorp =God_of Israél, whieh sent thee xthis xday to meet me:
% And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which -hast_kept me xthis xday from coming to shed =blood, and from s avenging myself with mine_ own hand.
34 For in_very_deed, as ‘the Lorp =God_of Israél liveth, which -hath_ kept_me_back from hurting thee, ex- cept thou hadst_hasted and come to meet me, surely there_had not been_ left unto Nabal by the morning light aany_that_pisseth against the wall.”
> So David received of her hand that -which she had_brought him, and said unto her, “:Go_up in peace to thine house: «see, I -haye_hearkened to thy yoice, and haye_accepted thy / person.”
35 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he helda ® feast in his house, like the_) feast_of a xking: and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
37 But itcame_to_pass in the morning, when the « wine was_gone_out of Nabal, and his wife had_told him «these xthings, that his heart died within him, and he became asa stone.
3 And it came_to_pass about ten xdays after, that Jthe Lorp smote «Nabal, that he died.
33 And when David heard that Nabal was_dead, he said, “Blessed be ! the Lorp, that -hath_pleaded -the_cause_ ofmy reproach from the_hand_of Nabal, and -hath_kept His -servant from evil: for the Lorp -hath_returned +the_ wickedness _of Nabal upon his_own head.” And David sent and communed with xAbigail, to take her to him to wife.
42 And when the_servants_of David were_come to Abigail to xCarmel, they spake unto her, saying, “David sent us unos thee, to take thee to him to wife.
41 And she arose, and bowed_herself on her face to the earth, and said, “ Be- hold, /et thine handmaid be a servant ic _— the_feet_of the_servants_of my -lord.”
# And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an xass, with five damsels_of hers that went «after her; and she went after the_messengers_of David, and be- came his wife.
48 David also took -Ahinoam of Jez- reel : and they were also both_of them his wives. ’
B.C, about 1060. *
hollow-of.
Te. leader.
st. stum- bling.
$s. saved. J. Jehovah.
DAvmD's REPLY. 32.Gen. 24.27. 3.G. Jehovah
Elohim. | 33. Gen. 20. 6.
$. saying.
a. or any male. He RE- CEIVES HER PRESENT.
| f face. NABALS DEATH.
5. banquet,
or drink- ing-feast.
w.wine, Hed. yayin.
Davip BLESSES
JEHOVAH. 39. Ch. 24. 15. Proy. 22.23.
David | TAKES ABI- GAIL AND AHINOAM.
a. at her feet.
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