Abigail Becomes David’s Wife

³⁹ Then David heard that Nabal was dead, so he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has ^(A)pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and ^(B)has kept back His servant from evil. Yahweh has also returned the evil of Nabal on his own head.” Then David sent ^[a](C)a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife.

Athaliah Reigns over Judah

11 ^(A)Now Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son had died. So she rose and caused all the royal seed to perish.

¹² Then he brought the king’s son out and ^(A)put the crown on him and gave him ^(B)the testimony; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, “^(C)Long live the king!”

^13 (D)Then Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, and she came to the people in the house of Yahweh. ¹⁴ And she looked, and behold, the king was standing ^(E)by the pillar, according to the custom, with the commanders and the ^[a]trumpeters beside the king; and ^(F)all the people of the land were glad and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah ^(G)tore her clothes and cried, “^(H)Treason! Treason!” ¹⁵ And Jehoiada the priest commanded the commanders of hundreds who were appointed over the military force and said to them, “Bring her out ^[b]between the ranks, and whoever follows her put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of Yahweh.” ¹⁶ So they ^[c]laid hands on her, and she arrived at the horses’ entrance of the king’s house and was ^(I)put to death there.