2 Samuel 14:9
And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, Upon me, my lord, O king, be the iniquity, and upon my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
10And the king said, Whoever speaks to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
Cross References
Genesis 27:13And his mother said to him, On me [be] thy curse, my son! Only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch [them].
Deuteronomy 21:1If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath smitten him,
2 Samuel 3:28And afterwards David heard [it], and he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before Jehovah for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
Matthew 27:25And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:2-21
Joab's Stratagem in Absalom's Favour; The Art of Joab. ( b. c. 1029.) 1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. 4 And when the woman… Read the whole commentary →