1 Samuel 25:32-34

25:32 Then David said to Abigail, “Praised ¹  be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me! 25:33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded ²  for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands! 25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

1 Samuel 25:39

25:39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Praised be the Lord who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! ³  The Lord has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” ⁴  Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

[25:32]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed” (also in vv. 33, 39).

[25:33]  ² tn Heb “blessed.”

[25:39]  ³ tn Heb “who has argued the case of my insult from the hand of Nabal.”

[25:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “his servant he has held back from evil, and the evil of Nabal the Lord has turned back on his head.”