Judges 19:3

“And her husband arose, etc.] From the place where he lived: and went after her; to Bethlehemjudah, where her father lived: to speak comfortably to her “or to her heart” f393; having heard perhaps that she repented of her sin, or if it was only upon a quarrel between them, his anger might cool and subside, and therefore sought for a reconciliation; and which was the more commendable in him, as he did not put her away, but she departed from him: and to bring her again; to his own city, and to his own house and bed, as before: having his servant with him, and a couple of asses; one of them for her to ride upon, and the other to carry provisions on: and she brought him into her father’s house;…”

“And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her--Hebrew, "speak to her heart," in a kindly and affectionate manner, so as to rekindle her affection. Accompanied by a servant, he arrived at the house of his father-in-law, who rejoiced to meet him, in the hope that a complete reconciliation would be brought about between his daughter and her husband. The Levite, yielding to the hospitable importunities of his father-in-law, prolonged his stay for days.”

“Friendly - To offer her pardon and reconciliation. Judges 19:12”

“went: Jdg 15:1 speak: Gen 50:21; Lev 19:17, Lev 20:10; Hos 2:14; Mat 1:19; Joh 8:4, Joh 8:5, Joh 8:11; Gal 6:1 friendly unto her: Heb. to her heart, Gen 34:3 to bring: Jer 3:1 his servant: Num 22:22 Judges 19:5”

“Some time afterwards, namely at the end of four months (הדשׁים ארבּעה is in apposition to ימים, and defines more precisely the ימים, or days), her husband went after her, "to speak to her to the heart," i.e., to talk to her in a friendly manner (see Gen 34:3), and to reconcile her to himself again, so that she might return; taking with him his attendant and a couple of asses, for himself and his wife to ride upon. The suffix attached to להשׁיבו refers to לבּה, "to bring back her heart," to turn her to himself again. The Keri השׁיבהּ is a needless conjecture. "And she brought him into her father's house, and her father received his son-in-law with joy, and constrained him (יהזק־בּו, lit. held…”