2 Samuel 14:7

וְהִנֵּה קָמָה כָֽל ־ הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה עַל ־ שִׁפְחָתֶךָ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ תְּנִי ׀ אֶת ־ מַכֵּה אָחִיו וּנְמִתֵהוּ בְּנֶפֶשׁ אָחִיו אֲשֶׁר הָרָג וְנַשְׁמִידָה גַּם אֶת ־ הַיּוֹרֵשׁ וְכִבּוּ אֶת ־ גַּֽחַלְתִּי אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאָרָה לְבִלְתִּי שום ־ לְאִישִׁי שֵׁם וּשְׁאֵרִית עַל ־ פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָֽה ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

In Context

6וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ שְׁנֵי בָנִים וַיִּנָּצוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם בַּשָּׂדֶה וְאֵין מַצִּיל בֵּֽינֵיהֶם וַיַּכּוֹ הָאֶחָד אֶת ־ הָאֶחָד וַיָּמֶת אֹתֽוֹ ׃

8וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ הָאִשָּׁה לְכִי לְבֵיתֵךְ וַאֲנִי אֲצַוֶּה עָלָֽיִךְ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 4:14הֵן גֵּרַשְׁתָּ אֹתִי הַיּוֹם מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָֽאֲדָמָה וּמִפָּנֶיךָ אֶסָּתֵר וְהָיִיתִי נָע וָנָד בָּאָרֶץ וְהָיָה כָל ־ מֹצְאִי יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי ׃

Numbers 35:19גֹּאֵל הַדָּם הוּא יָמִית אֶת ־ הָרֹצֵחַ בְּפִגְעוֹ ־ בוֹ הוּא יְמִיתֶֽנּוּ ׃

Deuteronomy 25:6וְהָיָה הַבְּכוֹר אֲשֶׁר תֵּלֵד יָקוּם עַל ־ שֵׁם אָחִיו הַמֵּת וְלֹֽא ־ יִמָּחֶה שְׁמוֹ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

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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