2 Samuel 14:5

2 Samuel 14:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
• New International Version (NIV)The king asked her, “What is troubling you?” She said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king said to her, “What troubles you?” And she answered, “Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead.

Context of 2 Samuel 14:5

3Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth. 4When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!” “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead. 6And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. 7Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

2 Samuel 14:5 word by word

וַיֹּֽאמֶר־לָ֥הּ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מַה־לָּ֑ךְ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֲבָ֛ל אִשָּֽׁה־אַלְמָנָ֥ה אָ֖נִי וַיָּ֥מָת אִישִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

• Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• askedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Indeedאֲבָל'ăbâl · trulyH61
• Iאֲנִי'ănîy · IH589
• a widowאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• a widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
• for my husbandאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• is deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:5

• 2 Samuel 12:1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
• Judges 9:8One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I am indeed a widow woman - It is very possible that the principal facts mentioned here were real, and that Joab found out a person whose circumstances bore a near resemblance to that which he wished to represent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-212Sa 14:1-21. Joab Instructs a Woman of Tekoah. 2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the public interests made him hesitate about recalling or pardoning his guilty son…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 14:5

• Absalom
• Avenger of Blood
• David
• Dishonesty
• Intercession
• Joab
• Kindness
• Obsequiousness
• Parables
• Tact

In the dictionaries

• Comfortable
• David
• Discern
• Feign
• Heart
• Respect
• Thank
• Wise
• Ail
• Amos (1)

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings