21 David had just said, “I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the wilderness for nothing. He was not missing anything, yet he paid me back evil for good. 22 May God punish me[a] and do so severely(A) if I let any of his males[b] survive until morning.”(B)

23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey and knelt down with her face to the ground and paid homage to David.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 25:22 LXX; MT reads David’s enemies
  2. 25:22 Lit of those of his who are urinating against the wall

21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belongs to him. And he has (A)repaid me evil for good. 22 (B)May God do so, and more also, to the enemies of David, if I (C)leave (D)one male of all who belong to him by morning light.”

23 Now when Abigail saw David, she (E)dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground.

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