2 Samuel 14:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. ”

2 Samuel 14:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14. The Return of Absalom (J). 2 Samuel 14:1-8 . Joab perceives the king's longing for his son (p. 67), and sends to him a woman of Tekoa (p. 31), about 5 miles S. of Beth-lehem, with...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

man . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
2 Samuel 14:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
2 Samuel 14:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then the woman said, &c.— The woman, having so far gained her point, begged leave to say one word further; and, having obtained permission, immediately proceeded, 2 Samuel 14:13 to expostulat...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Absalom's Return from Geshur After waiting for two years, Absalom forces Joab to use his influence to bring about a reconciliation between him and his father.
2 Samuel 14:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joab's Plea for the Fugitive 2 Samuel 14:1-17 Joab had ends of his own to serve in securing the return of Absalom. Were the two sworn together to hatch a great plot? Or was Absalom shrewdly usi...
2 Samuel 14:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opinions widely differ over why Joab set himself to bring Absalom back. The most probable reason- is that he "perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom." There is certainly a strange fascina...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. (13) And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against th...
2 Samuel 14:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the king will hear ,.... She was fully persuaded of it, as now he had heard her: to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inher...
2 Samuel 14:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. Ver. 16. For the king will hear. ] Or else he...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the king will hear Clemency and kindness are the properties of a good king, and such a king, she insinuates, she knew David to be, who, she was persuaded, would grant her audience and acceptanc...
2 Samuel 14:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David's concern for Absalom became known to Joab. Joab was a man not too concerned about truth and justice, but rather about the outward prosperity of the kingdom of Israel, for he knew that his own...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab's Stratagem in Absalom's Favour; The Art of Joab. B. C. 1029. 1 Now Joab the son of...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For I know the king is so wise and just, that I assure myself of audience and acceptation; which expectation of hers is cunningly insinuated here, that the king might conceive himself obliged to answ...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 14:1 . “Now Joab,” etc. Most commentators attribute Joab’s action in this matter to motives of self-interest. It appears highly probably that Absalom wa...
2 Samuel 14:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:2 . Tekoah; a city of Judah, twelve miles south of Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 11:6 . 2 Samuel 14:6 . The one smote the other, probably with some weapon, or sharp instrument. The lord...
2 Samuel 14:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman. The parable of the woman of Tekoa The contrast between this parable and the one preceding it is very great. The parable of the ewe-lamb was spoken o...
2 Samuel 14:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 14:1 The king's heart was toward Absalom. Again there is a diversity of view as to the right rendering. The preposition does not usually mean "toward," but "against,"...
2 Samuel 14:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Wise Woman of Tekoah
2 Samuel 14:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hear — For I know the king is so wise and just, that I assure myself of audience and acceptation. Deliver — To grant my request concerning my son, and consequently the peoples petition concerning A...

2 Samuel 14:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 14:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 14:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 14:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 14:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 14:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 14:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes