A moment in scripture
1 Samuel 25:42
And 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.
The surrounding passage
- 1 Samuel 25:40
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.
- 1 Samuel 25:41
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
- 1 Samuel 25:43
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
- 1 Samuel 25:44
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.