2 Samuel 14:16

2 Samuel 14:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
• New International Version (NIV)Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the inheritance of God.’

Context of 2 Samuel 14:16

14We will certainly die and be like water poured out on the ground, which can’t be recovered. But God would not take away a life; he would devise plans so that the one banished from him does not remain banished. 15“Now therefore, I’ve come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought: I must speak to the king. Perhaps the king will grant his servant’s request. The king will surely listen in order to keep his servant from the grasp of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God’s inheritance. 17Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.” 18Then the king answered the woman, “I’m going to ask you something; don’t conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” the woman replied.

2 Samuel 14:16 word by word

כִּ֚י יִשְׁמַ֣ע הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶת־אֲמָת֖וֹ מִכַּ֣ף הָאִ֑ישׁ לְהַשְׁמִ֨יד אֹתִ֤י וְאֶת־בְּנִי֙ יַ֔חַד מִֽנַּחֲלַ֖ת אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• will hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to deliverנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• his handmaidאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• out of the handכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• of the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• destroyשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• me and my sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• out of the inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14:16

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16The woman again spoke about her own case. She argued that the king’s concern for Absalom kept him from addressing justice among his people (see 2 Samuel 13:39 and study note on 2 Samuel 13:39). cut off both: If her only remaining son were killed, her family would lose its ancestral land (compare Numbers 27:1–11).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 14:16

• Absalom
• David
• Dishonesty
• Intercession
• Joab
• Kindness
• Obsequiousness
• Tact

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Comfortable
• David
• Discern
• Feign
• Heart
• Respect
• Thank
• Wise

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