1Sa 25:36-44 | ESV | STEP | And Abigail came to Nabal , and behold , he was holding a feast in his house , like the feast of a king . And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk . So she told him nothing at all until the morning light .

a[2 Sam. 13:23]

b[2 Sam. 13:28; 1 Kgs. 21:7]

c ch. 22:15

d ch. 26:10

e[See ver. 32 above]

fSee ch. 24:15

g ver. 26, 33, 34

h 1 Kgs. 2:44; [Ps. 7:16; Ezek. 17:19]

i[Song 8:8]

j[Ruth 2:10]

k Josh. 15:56

l ch. 27:3; 30:5; 2 Sam. 2:2; 3:2, 3; 1 Chr. 3:1

1 Samuel 25:36-44

36 And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, ^ahe was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart ^bwas merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing ^cat all until the morning light. 37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. 38 And about ten days later ^dthe Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, ^e“Blessed be the Lord who has ^favenged the insult I received at the hand of Nabal, ^gand has kept back his servant from wrongdoing. ^hThe Lord has returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent and ⁱspoke to Abigail, to take her as his wife. 40 When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, “David has sent us to you to take you to him as his wife.” 41 And she rose ^jand bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.” 42 And Abigail hurried and rose and mounted a donkey, and her five young women attended her. She followed the messengers of David and became his wife.

43 David also took Ahinoam of ^kJezreel, ^land both of them became his wives. 44 Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.