1 Samuel 8:15-16

8:15 He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators¹ and his servants. 8:16 He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.

1 Samuel 18:26

18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed² to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired³

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life

19:1 Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much.⁴

1 Samuel 22:9

22:9 But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with the servants of Saul, replied, “I saw this son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he⁵ sent ten servants,⁶ saying to them,⁷ “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name.⁸

1 Samuel 25:9

25:9 So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.

1 Samuel 25:12

25:12 So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David⁹ all these things.

1 Samuel 25:14

25:14 But one of the servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail, “David sent messengers from the desert to greet¹⁰ our lord, but he screamed at them.

1 Samuel 25:19

25:19 and said to her servants, “Go on ahead of me. I will come after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:27

25:27 Now let this present¹¹ that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow¹² my lord.

1 Samuel 25:40-42

25:40 So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.” 25:41 She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, “Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash¹³ the feet of the servants of my lord.” 25:42 Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her.¹⁴ She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

¹tn Or “eunuchs” (so NAB); NIV “officials”; KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT “officers.”

²tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

³tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”

⁴tn Heb “delighted greatly in David.”

⁵tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

⁶tn Or “young men.”

⁷tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

⁸tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”

⁹tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “bless.”

¹¹tn Heb “blessing.”

¹²tn Heb “are walking at the feet of.”

¹³tn Heb “Here is your maidservant, for a lowly servant to wash.”

¹⁴tn Heb “going at her feet.”