2 Samuel 14:7
Lo! therefore, all the family hath risen up against thy maidservant, and have said: Give up him that hath smitten his brother, that we may put him to death, for the life of his brother, whom he hath slain, that we may destroy, the heir also. So will they quench my ember that is left, and make my husband without name or remainder, on the face of the ground.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8And the king said unto the woman—Go to thy house, and, I, will give command concerning thee.
Cross References
Genesis 4:14Lo! thou has driven me out, this day, from off the face of the ground And from thy face, shall I be hid, So shall I become a wanderer and a fugitive in the earth. And it shall come to pass, whosoever findeth me, will slay me.
Numbers 35:19The blood-redeemer, he, shall put to death the man-slayer,—when he lighteth upon him, he, shall put him to death.
Deuteronomy 25:6And it shall be, that, the firstborn which she beareth, shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead,—so shall his name not be wiped out from Israel.
Matthew 21:38But, the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves,—This, is, the heir: Come on! Let us slay him, and have his inheritance.
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 →