I have done this thing, in compliance with thy desire; although in truth it was according to his own desire. He overlooks the woman in this grant, because she was but Joab's instrument in it. The young man; by which expression he mitigates his crime, as being an act of youthful heat, and folly, and rashness.
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2 Samuel 14:21
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.