To speak friendly unto her. — Literally, to speak to her heart — i.e., to bring about a kindly reconciliation (Genesis 34:3; Genesis 1:21; Ruth 2:13).
A couple of asses. — One was meant to convey back his wife on her return.
Related Commentaries of Judges 19:3
Judges 19:3
3 And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendlyb unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.