² So David went up there with his two wives,^(A) Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail,^(B) the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

⁴² Abigail^(A) quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife. ⁴³ David had also married Ahinoam^(B) of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.^(C)

⁵ David’s two wives^(A) had been captured—Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.

²⁸ You are those who have stood by me in my trials. ²⁹ And I confer on you a kingdom,^(A) just as my Father conferred one on me,