1 Samuel 25:42-44

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⁴²Abigail^(A) quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife. ⁴³David had also married Ahinoam^(B) of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.^(C) ⁴⁴But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel^[a]^(D) son of Laish, who was from Gallim.^(E)

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 25:44 Hebrew Palti, a variant of Paltiel

2 Samuel 3:2-5

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²Sons were born to David in Hebron:

His firstborn was Amnon^(A) the son of Ahinoam^(B) of Jezreel;

³his second, Kileab the son of Abigail^(C) the widow of Nabal of Carmel;

the third, Absalom^(D) the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;^(E)

⁴the fourth, Adonijah^(F) the son of Haggith;

the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

⁵and the sixth, Ithream the son of David’s wife Eglah.

These were born to David in Hebron.

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2 Samuel 3:14

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¹⁴Then David sent messengers to Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, “Give me my wife Michal,^(A) whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

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2 Samuel 3:14 in all English translations

2 Samuel 5:13

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¹³After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives^(A) in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.

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2 Samuel 5:13 in all English translations

2 Samuel 12:7-8

New International Version

⁷Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!^(A) This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed^(B) you^(C) king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. ⁸I gave your master’s house to you,^(D) and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.