David Marries Abigail

39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed be the Lord, who has (A)pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and (B)has kept back His servant from evil. The Lord has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent [a](C)a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:39 Lit and spoke

“Because of the (A)devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now (B)I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will (C)set him in the safety for which he longs.”

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10 All my (A)bones will say, “Lord, (B)who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him (C)who is too strong for him,
And (D)the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

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12 I know that the Lord will (A)maintain the cause of the afflicted
And (B)justice for the poor.

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11 For their (A)Redeemer is strong;
(B)He will plead their case against you.

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36 Therefore thus says the Lord,

“Behold, I am going to (A)plead your case
And (B)exact full vengeance for you;
And (C)I will dry up her [a]sea
And make her fountain dry.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 51:36 Or broad river