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40 And when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke unto her, saying, “David sent us unto thee to take thee to him as wife.”

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.”

42 And Abigail hastened and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers who went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

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