2 Samuel 14:8
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל ־ הָאִשָּׁה לְכִי לְבֵיתֵךְ וַאֲנִי אֲצַוֶּה עָלָֽיִךְ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 16:4וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְצִבָא הִנֵּה לְךָ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר לִמְפִי ־ בֹשֶׁת וַיֹּאמֶר צִיבָא הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֵיתִי אֶמְצָא ־ חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃
Proverbs 18:13מֵשִׁיב דָּבָר בְּטֶרֶם יִשְׁמָע אִוֶּלֶת הִיא ־ לוֹ וּכְלִמָּֽה ׃
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 →