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 to speak to him.’ Then Joab told her the words that she should speak to the king. 4So the woman from Tekoa went to the king. She bent her body down low with her face towards the ground. She gave honour to the king. Then she said, ‘Please help me, sir!’ The king asked her, ‘What is your trouble?’ She said, ‘My husband is dead, sir, and I am a widow. 6I had two sons. One day, they were fighting in the fields. There was nobody near to stop them. One son knocked down the other son and killed him. 7Now all my relatives have turned against me. They want to take my son from me, because he killed his brother. They say that he must die. That is the punishment that he deserves. But if they do that, I will have no son. My husband will have no descendants, so the name of our family will not continue.’

2 Samuel 14:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• indeedאֲבָל'ăbâl · trulyH61
• a widowאַלְמָנָה'almânâh · widowH490
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and mine husbandאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• is deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:5

• 2 Samuel 12:1The Lord sent Nathan to go and speak to David. Nathan told this story to David, ‘There were two men who lived in the same town. One man was rich and the other man was poor.
• Judges 9:8One day, the trees decided to choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, “Be our king.”

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