2 Samuel 14:16

Modern

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.’

Traditional

For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

Literal

For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man destroying me and my son together from the inheritance of God.’

Latin

Et audivit rex, ut liberaret ancillam suam de manu omnium qui volebant de hæreditate Dei delere me, et filium meum simul.

Hebrew

English

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.’

The woman again spoke about her own case. She argued that the king’s concern for Absalom kept him from addressing justice among his people (see 2 Samuel 13:39 and study note on 2 Samuel 13:39).
cut off both: If her only remaining son were killed, her family would lose its ancestral land (compare Numbers 27:1–11).

Theme notes and profiles

1 Samuel 26:19
Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’