She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, &#8220;Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash<n id="1" /> the feet of the servants of my lord.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up.<n id="1" /> (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair<n id="2" /> by the doorpost of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.)

Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her.<n id="1" /> She followed David&#8217;s messengers and became his wife.p>