KJV King James Version
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
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1 Samuel 25:43
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel. So she and Abigail were both his wives.
WEB World English Bible
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
ASV American Standard Version
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are—even both of them—to him for wives;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 25
40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
41 And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] thine handmaid [be] a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which [was] of Gallim.
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1 Samuel 27:3And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, [even] David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.1 Samuel 30:5And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.Joshua 15:56And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,2 Samuel 3:2And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;Matthew 19:8He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.2 Samuel 5:13-16And David took [him] more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.Genesis 2:24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.Matthew 19:5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
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