Joshua 15:18

as she came unto him i. e. as she proceeded to the home of Othniel at Debir to become his wife. "When the parties live in different villages, the bridegroom accompanied by his friends, all well mounted and armed, and escorted with music, repair to the house of the bride, and escort her to her new home." See the picture of such a procession in Van Lenneps" Bible Lands and Customs, p. 550.

she moved him The original word denotes (1) to impel, (2) to incite, induce. Comp. 2 Chronicles 18:2, "And Ahab persuadedhim to go up with him to Ramoth-Gilead." "The which, whanne she went to togidre, hir man meeued to hir for to axe of hir fader a feeld." Wyclif.

a field more definitely, the field, either (a) which belonged to Debir, as some suppose, or (b) the field which was fit for cultivation, and had a sufficient supply of water.

she lighted off her ass The original word only occurs in three places; (a) here; (b) the parallel passage in Judges 1:14; and (c) in Judges 4:21, "Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent … and went softlyunto him." It denotes (1) to force oneself away from:(2) to descend quickly from, to sink down from, as in Genesis 24:64, "And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel." The LXX. have rendered it, apparently from a different reading, "she cried from the ass;" the Vulgate, "suspiravitqueut sedebat in asino;" and so Wyclif, "And she siзide, as she sat in the asse."

and Caleb said unto her It would seem as though Othniel could not be prevailed upon to make such a request himself, and that Achsah therefore determined to prefer it herself. Her action in springing from the ass so astonished Caleb, that he put to her the question, "What wouldest thou?"