2 Samuel 14:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. ”

2 Samuel 14:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will give charge ... - Indirectly granting her petition, and assenting that her son’s life should be spared.
2 Samuel 14:8 - 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 14:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. I will give charge concerning thee - This would not do, it was too distant; and she could not by it bring...
2 Samuel 14:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Samuel 14:8 - 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 14:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII. ABSALOM BANISHED AND BROUGHT BACK 2 Samuel 13:38-39 - 2 Samuel 14:1-33 . GESHUR, to which Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon, accompanied in all likelihood by the men who...
2 Samuel 14:8 - 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 14:8 - 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 14:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 a...
2 Samuel 14:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king said to the woman, go to thine house ,.... Go home and make thyself easy: and I will give charge concerning thee ; intimating that he would inquire into her case; and if it was as she...
2 Samuel 14:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. Ver. 8. Go to thine house. ] Suitors are to be timely dismissed, when they cannot be presently despatch...
2 Samuel 14:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king said, Go to thy house , &c. Notwithstanding the forementioned dissimilarity, the case was too like his own to suffer David to be unmoved; he soon felt her distress, and told her she mig...
2 Samuel 14:8 - 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 14:8 - 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 14:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That thy cause may be justly and truly examined, and thy son preserved from their unjust and malicious proceedings.
2 Samuel 14:8 - 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 14:8 - 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 14:8 - 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 14:8 - 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 14:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Wise Woman of Tekoah
2 Samuel 14:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:5 ; 2 Samuel 12:6 ; 2 Samuel 16:4 ; Isaiah 11:3 ; Isaiah 11:4 ; Job 29:16 ; Proverbs 18:13

2 Samuel 14:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 14:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 14:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 14:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 14:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 14:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 14:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge