"And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal." — 1 Samuel 25:19

1 Samuel 25:19 · KJV

“And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.”

— 1 Samuel 25:19

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched {corn}, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid {them} on asses. {clusters: or, lumps}

Verse 20

And it was {so, as} she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

1 Samuel 25 — Context

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he {is such} a son of Belial, that {a man} cannot speak to him.

And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

And it was {so, as} she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this {fellow} hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that {pertained} unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

Cross References

Genesis 32:20

And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob {is} behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. {of me: Heb. my face}

Genesis 32:16

And he delivered {them} into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

Proverbs 31:27

She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 31:11-12

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

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