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2 Samuel 14:8
8The king said to the woman, “Go home, and I will issue an order in 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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Leave it to me,” the king told her. “Go home, and I’ll see to it that no one touches him.”
Context of 2 Samuel 14:8
6I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him. 7Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.” The king said to the woman, “Go home, and I will issue an order in your behalf.” 9But the woman from Tekoa said to him, “Let my lord the king pardon me and my family, and let the king and his throne be without guilt.” 10The king replied, “If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother 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
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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 must die!
- 2 Samuel 16:4Then the king said to Ziba, “All that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” “I humbly bow,” Ziba said. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king.”
- Job 19:16I summon my servant, but he does not answer, though I beg him with my own mouth.
- Proverbs 18:13To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.
- Isaiah 11:3and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears;
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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