2 Samuel 14:13
And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12Then the woman said: Let thy handmaid speak one word to my lord the king. And he said: Speak.
Cross References
Judges 20:2And all the chiefs of the people, and all the tribes of Israel met together in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen fit for war.
2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David: Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,
2 Samuel 13:38And Absalom after he was fled, and come into Gessur, was there three years. And king David ceased to pursue after Absalom, because he was comforted concerning the death of Amnon.
Luke 7:42And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most?
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 →