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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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…
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…
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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