Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 14:8
8“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
2 Samuel 14:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
- New International Version (NIV)The king said to the woman, “Go home, and I will issue an order in your behalf.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”
Context of 2 Samuel 14:8
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.” “Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.” 9But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.” 10“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
Read all of 2 Samuel 142 Samuel 14:8 word by word
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה לְכִ֣י לְבֵיתֵ֑ךְ וַאֲנִ֖י אֲצַוֶּ֥ה עָלָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:8
- 2 Samuel 12:5David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
- 2 Samuel 16:4So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”
- Job 19:16I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
- Proverbs 18:13He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
- Isaiah 11:3And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I will give charge concerning thee - This would not do, it was too distant; and she could not by it bring her business to a conclusion: so she proceeds: -Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I will give charge - Indirectly granting her petition, and assenting that her son‘s life should be spared.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
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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
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