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2 Samuel 14

2 Samuel 14:13

Absalom’s Return to Jerusalem · 2 Samuel 14:1–27
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Translations

Modern
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?
Traditional
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.
Literal
And the woman said, “And why have you schemed such as this against the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
Latin
Dixitque mulier: Quare cogitasti hujuscemodi rem contra populum Dei, et locutus est rex verbum istud, ut peccet, et non reducat ejectum suum?

Original

Hebrew
English
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?

Notes

2 Samuel 14:13

against the people of God: The woman argued that David was harming the entire kingdom by keeping Absalom in exile. She suggested that conflict in the royal family would spread to the wider society, or that David’s focus on Absalom would distract him from ruling well (2 Samuel 14:16).

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David Joab

Events

Glossary

Absalom Banish, Banishment David Education Kings, Books of First and Second Nathan Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

Absalom is Permitted by David to Return to Jerusalem David: King of Israel: Absalom's Return Dishonesty: Joab's Guile in Securing Absalom's Return Exile: Absalom Intercession: Joab for Absalom Joab: Son of David's Sister: Procures the Return of Absalom to Jerusalem Kindness: Joab to Absalom Obsequiousness: The Woman of Tekoah Tact: Joab's Trick in Obtaining David's Consent to the Return of Absalom