2 Samuel 14:9
The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
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In Context
8The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
10The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”
Cross References
Genesis 27:13His mother said to him, “Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice, and go get them for me.”
Deuteronomy 21:1If someone is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it isn’t known who has struck him,
2 Samuel 3:28Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “May 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 →