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1 Samuel 25:23

1 Samuel 25:23
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And when Abigail saw David,.... Whom she either knew personally, or rather supposed who he was by the number of men that followed him:

she hasted, and alighted off the ass; on which she rode:

and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Samuel 25:18-31

We have here an account of Abigail's prudent management for the preserving of her husband and family from the destruction that was just coming upon them; and we find that she did her part admirably…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1 Samuel 25:23-31

Abigail's meeting with David

23. lighted off the ass i.e. got down from, an old form of alighted. The Heb. word is different from that similarly translated in Jos 15:18, and simply means "to descend."

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