Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:3
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
3. come to the king ] An interesting evidence of the simplicity of the times, when the king was thus directly accessible to his subjects who had causes to be tried or grievances to be redressed. Cp. ch. 2Sa 15:2; 1Ki 3:16.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Come to the king – The king as a judge was accessible to all his subjects (2Sa 15:2; compare 1Ki 3:16).
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And come to the king,…. At his palace, in the above condition and circumstances:
and speak on this manner unto him; something to the following purpose he dictated to her:
so Joab put the words in her mouth; the substance of what she should say; the fable she was to deliver as her own case might be framed by Joab, and which she delivered word for word exactly as he put it, and the application of it; but as he knew not what questions the king would ask her, so he could not dictate to her what to reply, unless he supposed this and the other, and so formed answers; but this he left to her prudence, and for the sake of which he chose a wise woman to manage this affair.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Sa 14:3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Ver. 3. And come to the king, and speak on this manner, ] viz, By way of parable: the property whereof is, deeply to affect, and to leave a very vehement impression behind it.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
put the words: 2Sa 14:19, Exo 4:15, Num 23:5, Deu 18:18, Isa 51:16, Isa 59:21, Jer 1:9
Reciprocal: Deu 31:19 – put it in their Ezr 8:17 – I told them