The covert of the hill - This was probably a defile or glen, literally a “secret place,” as in 1 Samuel 19:2. She was riding dow…

The covert of the hill.—Keil explains the words sether hahar—literally, a hidden part of the mountain—as probabl…

And it was [so, as] she rode on the ass
After her servants:

that she came down, by the covert of …

By a gift, Abigail atoned for Nabal's denial of David's request. Her behaviour was very submissive. Yielding pacifies great offences. She puts hers…