Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14

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2 Samuel 14 . 1 , Joab , suborning a widow of Tekoah by a parable to incline the king’s heart to fetch home Absalom , brings him to Jerusalem; 2 Samuel 14 . 25 , Absalom’s beauty , hair , and children; 2 Samuel 14 . 28 , After two years , Absalom is brought into the king’s presence by Joab.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:1 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

2 Samuel 14:2 · BSB

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Tekoah was a city of Judah , situated , according to Eusebius and Jerome , twelve miles south of Jerusalem. Josephus says it was not far from the castle of Herodium; and Jerome . Prologue to Amos says it stood on a hill six miles south from Bethlehem. Dr. Poccocke places it at the same distance; and says there are still considerable ruins on the top of a hill , which is about half a mile long and a furlong broad

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2 Samuel 14:3

Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

2 Samuel 14:3 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:4

When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

2 Samuel 14:4 · BSB

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Heb. Save

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2 Samuel 14:5

“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 14:5 · BSB

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It is very possible that the principal incidents mentioned here were real; and that Joab found out a person whose circumstances bore a near resemblance to that which he wished to represent. She did not make the similitude too plain and visible , lest the king should see her intention before she had obtained a grant of pardon; and thus her circumstances , her mournful tale , her widow's dress , her aged person . for Josephus says she was advanced in years and her impressive manner , all combined to make one united irresistible impression on the heart of the aged monarch

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2 Samuel 14:6

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.

2 Samuel 14:6 · BSB

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none to part Heb. no deliverer between

2 Samuel 14:7

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.”

2 Samuel 14:7 · BSB

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upon the earth Heb. upon the face of the earth

2 Samuel 14:8

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

2 Samuel 14:8 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:9

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.”

2 Samuel 14:9 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:10

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

2 Samuel 14:10 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:11

"Please," she replied, "may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!" "As surely as the LORD lives," he vowed, "not a hair of your son's head will fall to the ground."

2 Samuel 14:11 · BSB

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thou etc. Heb. the revenger of blood do not multiply to destroy

2 Samuel 14:12

Then the woman said, "Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?" "Speak," he replied.

2 Samuel 14:12 · BSB

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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?

2 Samuel 14:13 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:14

For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.

2 Samuel 14:14 · BSB

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etc. or , because God hath not taken away his life , he hath also devised means , etc. God

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2 Samuel 14:15

Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.

2 Samuel 14:15 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:16

For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’

2 Samuel 14:16 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:17

And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

2 Samuel 14:17 · BSB

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This is very much like the hyperbolical language which is addressed by the Hindoos to an European when they desire to obtain something from him . "Saheb ," say they , "can do every thing. No one can prevent the execution of Saheb's commands. Saheb is God." Though the expression may be imputed to the hyperbolical genius of these countries , yet there was , perhaps , more of real persuasion than we are apt to suppose. Sir John Chardin states , that having found fault with the king of Persia's valuation of a rich trinket , the grand master told him that if a Persian had dared to have done such a thing , it would have been as much as his life was worth. "Know ," said he , "that the kings of Persia have a general and full knowledge of matters , as sure as it is extensive; and that , equally in the greatest and smallest things , there is nothing more just and sure than what they pronounce."

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Heb. to hear

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comfortable Heb. for rest

2 Samuel 14:18

Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

2 Samuel 14:18 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:19

So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

2 Samuel 14:19 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:20

Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”

2 Samuel 14:20 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:21

Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

2 Samuel 14:21 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:22

Joab fell facedown in homage and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “your servant knows that he has found favor with you, my lord the king, because the king has granted his request.”

2 Samuel 14:22 · BSB

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Heb. blessed

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his or , thy

2 Samuel 14:23

So Joab got up, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 14:23 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:24

But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the king.

2 Samuel 14:24 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:25

Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.

2 Samuel 14:25 · BSB

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etc. Heb. And as Absalom there was not a beautiful man in all Israel to praise greatly

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2 Samuel 14:26

And when he cut the hair of his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy—he would weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.

2 Samuel 14:26 · BSB

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If the shekel be allowed to mean the common shekel , the amount will be utterly incredible; for Josephus says that "two hundred shekels make five mine" and the mina , he says , "weighs two pounds and a half;" which calculation makes Absalom's hair weigh twelve pounds and a half! But it is probable that the king's shekel was that which Epiphanius and Hesychius say was the fourth part of an ounce , half a stater , or two drachmas . the whole amount , therefore , of the 200 shekels is about 50 ounces , which make 4 lb. 2 oz. troy weight , or 3 lb. 2 oz. avoirdupois. This need not be accounted incredible , especially as abundance of oil and ointment was used by the ancients in dressing their heads. Josephus informs us , that the Jews also put gold dust in their hair

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2 Samuel 14:27

Three sons were born to Absalom, and a daughter named Tamar, who was a beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 14:27 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:28

Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.

2 Samuel 14:28 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:29

Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.

2 Samuel 14:29 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:30

Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

2 Samuel 14:30 · BSB

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near mine Heb. near my place

2 Samuel 14:31

Then Joab came to Absalom’s house and demanded, “Why did your servants set my field on fire?”

2 Samuel 14:31 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:32

“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”

2 Samuel 14:32 · BSB

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2 Samuel 14:33

So Joab went and told the king, and David summoned Absalom, who came to him and bowed facedown before him. Then the king kissed Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:33 · BSB

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