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2 Samuel 14:16
16Perhaps 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.’
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.
- 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.’
- New Living Translation (NLT)and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance God has given us.
Context of 2 Samuel 14:16
14Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him. 15“And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant’s request. 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.’ 17“And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’ ” 18Then the king said to the woman, “Don’t keep from me the answer to what I am going to ask you.” “Let my lord the king speak,” the woman said.
Read all of 2 Samuel 142 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
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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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