2 Samuel 14:10
in 2 Samuel 14“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
KJV
And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 14
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
I will give orders on your behalf
on 2 Samuel 14:8-11
The woman presses for an oath and asks him to invoke the LORD his God. David swears, “As surely as the LORD lives”, that “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground”. Adam Clarke notes that an oath was what she had come to obtain.
This site's exposition
bring him to me
John Gill reads the promise as a summons of any accuser before the king for rebuke. Adam Clarke notes that this still fell short of her goal, a solemn pledge that every proceeding against her son would stop. So she presses once more.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Magistrates ought to be the patrons of oppressed widows. (4.) Yet this does not content her, unless she can get her son's pardon, and protection for him too. Parents are not easy, unless their children be safe, safe for both worlds: " Let not the avenger of blood destroy my son (
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And the king said, whoever saith ought unto thee,.... Demanding her to deliver up her son to justice, and reproaching her for not doing it: bring him to me; give him in charge to a proper officer to be brought before me, and I shall chastise him for it: and he shall not touch thee any more; give her any further trouble, by words or deeds.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent.
Whosoever saith aught unto thee - Neither did this bring the matter to such a bearing that she could come to her conclusion, which was, to get the king pledged by a solemn promise that all proceedings relative to the case should be stopped.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
The king said, “Whoever says a word to you, bring him to me, and he shall never harm you again.”
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Please remember Adonoy. God was stringent concerning the distance [necessary] to save lives. When a person kills accidently, he must go to a city of refuge. These cities should never be too distant from any potential fugitive who may need to go there.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| הַֽמְדַבֵּ֤ר | hamdaber | the [one who] speaks | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙ | ʾelayikh | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וַֽהֲבֵאת֣וֹ | vahaveto | and you will bring him | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֹסִ֥יף | yosif | he will repeat | H3254 → | 212 times |
| ע֖וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| לָגַ֥עַת | lagaat | to touch | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בָּֽךְ׃ | bakh | <in> <the> you |
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
הַֽמְדַבֵּ֤רthe [one who] speaks
hamdaberH1696 →1141 times
אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙to you
ʾelayikhH413 →5510 times
וַֽהֲבֵאת֣וֹand you will bring him
vahavetoH935 →2568 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יֹסִ֥יףhe will repeat
yosifH3254 →212 times
ע֖וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
לָגַ֥עַתto touch
lagaatH5060 →150 times
בָּֽךְ׃<in> <the> you
bakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.