³⁹ When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “·Praise [Blessed be] the Lord! Nabal insulted me, but the Lord has ·supported me [avenged me; pleaded/judged my case; upheld my cause]! He has kept ·me [^Lhis servant] from doing ·wrong [evil]. The Lord has ·punished Nabal for his wrong [^Lreturned Nabal’s evildoing on his own head].”

Then David sent a ·message [proposal] to Abigail, asking her to be his wife. ⁴⁰ His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David sent us to take you so you can become his wife.”

⁴¹ Abigail ·bowed facedown [prostrated herself] on the ground and said, “·I am [^LYour maidservant is] your ·servant [slave]. I’m ready to serve you and to wash the feet of my ·master’s [lord’s] servants.” ⁴² Abigail quickly got on a donkey and went with David’s messengers, with her five ·maids [servant-girls] following her. And she became David’s wife.