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

14For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up. Yet God does not take away life, but makes plans so that the banished one will not be cast out from Him. 15Now then, the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your servant said, ‘Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the request of his slave. For the king will listen, to save his slave from the hand of the man who would eliminate both me and my son from the inheritance of God.’ 17Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the Lord your God be with you.’” 18Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king please speak.”

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

• For the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• will listenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• to saveנָצַלnâtsal · to rescueH5337
• his slaveאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
• handכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• of the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• who would eliminateשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
• bothיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162
• me and my sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• 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