1 Samuel 25:20
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And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.

1 Samuel 25:19
And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:21
And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this fellow in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.

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And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.

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2 Kings 4:24 And she saddled an ass, and commanded her servant: Drive, and make haste, make no stay in going: And do that which I bid thee.

Context
Abigail Intercedes for Nabal
19And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal. 20And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.21And David said: Truly in vain have I kept all that belonged to this fellow in the wilderness, and nothing was lost of all that pertained unto him: and he hath returned me evil for good.…
Lexicon
As [Abigail]
הִ֣יא ׀ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

came riding
רֹכֶ֣בֶת (rō·ḵe·ḇeṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

her donkey
הַחֲמ֗וֹר (ha·ḥă·mō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2543: A male ass

into a mountain
הָהָ֔ר (hā·hār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

ravine,
בְּסֵ֣תֶר (bə·sê·ṯer)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5643: A covering, hiding place, secrecy

she saw
וְהִנֵּ֤ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

David
דָוִד֙ (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

and his men
וַאֲנָשָׁ֔יו (wa·’ă·nā·šāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

coming down
יֹרְדִ֖ים (yō·rə·ḏîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

toward her,
לִקְרָאתָ֑הּ (liq·rā·ṯāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7122: To encounter, befall

and she met
וַתִּפְגֹּ֖שׁ (wat·tip̄·gōš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6298: To come in contact with, to concur

them.
אֹתָֽם׃ (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case


Additional Translations
As Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

And it came to pass when she had mounted her ass and was going down by the covert of the mountain, behold, David and his men came down to meet her, and she met them.

And as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the hill, behold, David and his men came down opposite to her; and she met them.

And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and behold, David and his men came down over against her; and she met them.

It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.

and it hath come to pass, she is riding on the ass and is coming down in the secret part of the hill-country, and lo, David and his men are coming down to meet her, and she meeteth them.
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