⁴² Abigail got up hurriedly and rode away on a donkey; her five maids attended her. She went after the messengers of David and became his wife.^(A)

⁴³ David also married Ahinoam of Jezreel; both of them became his wives.^(A)

³ When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.