Bible Commentary

To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord [is] wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all [things] that [are] in the earth. 20. to fetch about this form of speech ] Rather, in order to bring round the face of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:20”

And the king said, [Is not] the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:19”

Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. 2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, andfetched thence a wise womanThe king was strongly attached toAbsalom; and having now got over … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:18”

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. 17. Then thine handmaid said ] Sept. “And the woman said:” which suits the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:17”

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. 16. the inheritance of God ] The nation of Israel. Cp. 1Sa 26:19; Deu 32:9. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:16”

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. 15. Now therefore, &c.] Simply, And … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:15”

For we must needs die, and [are] as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect [any] person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. 14. For we must needs die ] The argument of this verse seems to be, that since … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:14”

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. 13. Wherefore then, &c.] David’s resolution to keep Absalom in exile was an injury to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:13”

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. 12. Let thine handmaid, &c.] The great object of her errand has still to be effected. Firmly and clearly, but yet to all appearance incidentally, she argues from the case of her … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:12”

Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, [As] the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. 11. let the king … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 14:11”