40. His servants went to Carmel with this message, “David sent us to get you. He wants you to be his wife.”
41. Abigail bowed her face to the ground. She said, “I am willing to be your slave woman, even if it is only to wash the feet of my master’s servants.”
42. Abigail quickly got on a donkey and brought five of her maids with her. They followed David’s messengers. So Abigail became David’s wife.
43. David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. Both Ahinoam and Abigail were David’s wives.
44. David was also married to Saul’s daughter Michal, but Saul had taken her away from him and had given her to a man named Palti, son of Laish. Palti was from the town named Gallim.