To fetch — That is, to propose his, and the peoples desire of Absalom's restitution in this parabolical manner. In the earth — Or, in this land, in all thy kingdom; all the counsels and devices of thy subjects.
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2 Samuel 14:20
20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.