2 Samuel 14:9
But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
10“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
Cross References
Genesis 27:13His mother replied, “Your curse be on me, my son. Just obey my voice and go get them for me.”
Deuteronomy 21:1If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
2 Samuel 3:28Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “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 →