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1Sa_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,
Ver. 23. And fell before David on her face.] By which most humble posture she disarmed David’s indignation, and redeemed her own sorrows. Caesar said that he did nothing more glady than pardon humble suppliants. {a} The very Turks, though remorseless to those that bear up, yet receive they humiliation with much sweetness. {b} "Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God," &c. {Jam_4:10}
{a} Caes., Comment. de Bell. Alexan.
{b} Sir H. Blunt’s Voyage in the Levant.