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14. When she came. Achsah had no doubt been kept far behind the battle area with the other women and children in a place of safety, but now she was doubtless bidden by her father to come and be publicly presented to her husband in honor of his valor and as an example to the troops. In those times parents arranged the marriages and gave their daughters to whomever they wished. However, unless the custom was abused, a maiden was not required to marry someone she could not love (Gen. 24:57, 58; PP 171).

She moved him to ask. Verse 15 records that Achsah was the one who asked her father for a field. It would be more natural here to read, “and he moved her to ask,” and this is how the LXX reads. However, the passage could mean that she requested permission from her husband to ask her father for a field or persuaded him that they should ask.

Lighted from. Achsah reverenced her father, and so dismounted when speaking to him. Among the Bedouins of today custom still demands that one asking a favor of a sheik must dismount and approach him on foot.