* Blessed.
  32  Jud 5:2  2Sa 22:47-49  Ps 58:10,11  Re 19:1-4 
 * pleaded.
  Pr 22:23  La 3:58-60  Mic 7:9 
 * kept his servant.
  26,34  Ho 2:6,7  2Co 13:7  1Th 5:23  2Ti 4:18 
 * hath returned.
  2Sa 3:28,29  1Ki 2:44  Es 7:10  Ps 7:16 
 * to take her.
   It is probable that David had heard that Saul, to cut off his
   pretensions to the throne, had married Michal to Phalti; and
   this justified him in taking Abigail, it not being then
   unlawful for a man to have several wives.  This conduct of
   David's corresponds with the manner in which the Oriental
   princes generally form their matrimonial alliances.  "The king
   of Abyssinia," says Mr. Bruce, "sends an officer to the house
   where the lady lives, who announces to her that it is the
   king's pleasure she should remove instantly to the palace.
   She then dresses herself in the best manner, and immediately
   obeys.  Thenceforward he assigns her an apartment in the
   palace, and gives her a house elsewhere in any part she
   chooses."
 
  Pr 18:22  19:14  31:10,30