Verse 18
18. And it came to pass We have now full proof that Caleb acted from affection to his daughter and with her confiding love.
As she came In bridal procession, all riding upon asses, from her father’s house to the house of her bridegroom, by whom she is escorted to his and her future home. See note on Matthew 25:1-6.
She moved him Her bridegroom, by the side of whom, probably, she rode in procession. She believes the request of Othniel would be with Caleb even more powerful than her own; but he, perhaps silently, declines.
To ask… a field “Underneath the hill on which Debir stood is a deep valley, rich with verdure from a copious rivulet, which, rising at the crest of the glen, falls, with a continuity unusual in the Judean hills, down to its lowest depth. On the possession of these upper and lower ‘bubblings,’ so contiguous to her lover’s prize, Achsah had set her heart.” Stanley.
Lighted off At her bridegroom’s door, where she and her father meet each other.
What wouldest thou The heart of her father at this melting moment is open to any request, and she seizes the golden chance.
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