2 Samuel 14:9

“Thank you, Your Majesty,” said the woman. “I and my family will take the blame, and may Your Majesty and your family be held to be innocent.”

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In The King James Version

And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.

In Context

8“Go on home,” the king told the woman, “and I myself will make sure your case is dealt with for you.”

10“If anyone complains to you about it, bring him here to me, and he won't bother you again!” the king told her.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:13“Let the curse fall on me, my son,” his mother replied. “Just do what I tell you. Go and get the young goats for me.”

Deuteronomy 21:1Someone may be found murdered, lying in a field in the country that the Lord your God is giving you to own, and nobody knows who killed them.

2 Samuel 3:28When David heard about this later he said, “I and my kingdom are totally innocent before the Lord regarding the death of Abner, son of Ner!

Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood is 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 →

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