New King James Version
2 Samuel 14:8
8Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”
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.
- New International Version (NIV)The king said to the woman, “Go home, and I will issue an order in your behalf.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)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
6Now your maidservant had two sons; and the two fought with each other in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him. 7And now the whole family has risen up against your maidservant, and they said, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may execute him for the life of his brother whom he killed; and we will destroy the heir also.’ So they would extinguish my ember that is left, and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the earth.” Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.” 9And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, let the iniquity be on me and on my father’s house, and the king and his throne be guiltless.” 10So the king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you anymore.”
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 12:5So David’s anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this shall surely die!
- 2 Samuel 16:4So the king said to Ziba, “Here, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” And Ziba said, “I humbly bow before you, that I may find favor in your sight, my lord, O king!”
- Job 19:16I call my servant, but he gives no answer; I beg him with my mouth.
- Proverbs 18:13He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.
- Isaiah 11:3His delight is in the fear of the Lord, And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, Nor decide by the hearing of 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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