Add parallel Print Page Options

39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Praised be the Lord who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal![a] The Lord has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.”[b] Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 25:39 tn Heb “who has argued the case of my insult from the hand of Nabal.”
  2. 1 Samuel 25:39 tn Heb “his servant he has held back from evil, and the evil of Nabal the Lord has turned back on his head.”

39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise be to the Lord, who has upheld my cause against Nabal for treating me with contempt. He has kept his servant from doing wrong and has brought Nabal’s wrongdoing down on his own head.”

Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

Read full chapter

39 And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

Read full chapter