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2 Samuel 14:8

6 And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”

9 But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and on my father’s house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”

10 “If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
KJV
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
WEB
The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
ASV
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
DARBY
And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
BLB
And the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”
ÅB
Da sa kongen til kvinnen: Gå hjem igjen! Jeg skal ordne saken for deg.
OTB
Da sa kongen til kvinnen: “Vend tilbake til ditt hjem, og jeg vil gi ordre angående din sak.”
B1930
Da sa kongen til kvinnen: Gå hjem igjen! Jeg skal ordne saken for dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 18:13

    He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.

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  • Job 29:16

    I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

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  • 2 Samuel 12:5–6

    David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

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  • Isaiah 11:3–4

    And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

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  • 2 Samuel 16:4

    So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

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