2 Samuel 14:13 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 14:13

The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?

BSB

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ASV

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one.

KJV

And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Absalom has reason to complain that he is treated by his own father more sternly and severely than the meanest subject in the realm; and the whole nation will have cause for saying that the king shows more attention to the petition of a humble woman than to the wishes and desires of a whole kingdom.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

It is true, Absalom's case was widely different from that which she had supposed. But David was too well affected to him, to remark that difference, and was more desirous than she could be, to apply that favourable judgment to his own son, which he had given concerning hers.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה	ha.'i.Shah	the woman	H802 →
וְלָ֧מָּה	ve.La.mah	and <to> why?	H4100 →
חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה	cha.Shav.tah	have you planned	H2803 →
כָּזֹ֖את	ka.Zot	like this	H2063 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
עַ֣ם	'am	[the] people of	H5971 →
אֱלֹהִ֑ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר	u.mid.da.Ber	and <from> because has spoken	H1696 →
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
הַדָּבָ֤ר	ha.da.Var	the word	H1697 →
הַזֶּה֙	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם	ke.'a.Shem	like a guilty [person]	H818 →
לְבִלְתִּ֛י	le.vil.Ti	to not	H1115 →
הָשִׁ֥יב	ha.Shiv	to bring back	H7725 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נִדְּחֽוֹ׃	ni.de.Cho	banished [son] his	H5080 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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2 Samuel 7:8
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My…
leads to
- Psalms 78:70–71
  He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
- 2 Samuel 6:21
  But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate…
- 1 Samuel 16:11–12
  And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit…
- 1 Chronicles 17:7
  Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My…
- 2 Samuel 12:7
  Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
Through
Judges 20:2
The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.
leads to
- Judges 8:10
  Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had…
Through
2 Samuel 12:7
Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 16:13
  So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and…
- Matthew 14:14
  When He stepped ashore and saw a large crowd, He had compassion on them and healed their sick.

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About 2 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

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