When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.
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 well and fully answered her character. The passion of fools often makes those breaches in a little time which the wise, with all their wisdom, have much ado to make up again.
Commenting on 1 Samuel 25:18-31
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 fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground; in respect to, and reverence of, so great a person as David was.
ABIGAIL PACIFIES HIM. (1Sa. 25:14-35) Then Abigail made haste--The prudence and address of Nabal's wife were the means of saving him and family from utter destruction. She acknowledged the demand of her formidable neighbors; but justly considering, that to atone for the insolence of her husband, a greater degree of liberality had become necessary, she collected a large amount of food, accompanying it with the...
Commenting on 1 Samuel 25:14-35