2 Samuel 14:17

Translations

Modern

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.’”

Traditional

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.

Literal

And Your maidservant said, ‘Now the word of my lord the king will be comforting, for like the angel of God, so is my lord the king in discerning good and evil. And may YHWH your God be with you.’”

Latin

Dicat ergo ancilla tua, ut fiat verbum domini mei regis sicut sacrificium. Sicut enim angelus Dei, sic est dominus meus rex, ut nec benedictione, nec maledictione moveatur: unde et Dominus Deus tuus est tecum.

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English

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.’”

Notes

2 Samuel 14:17

just like the angel of God: This expression shows great respect. It is not used for anyone else in the Bible and appears four times in reference to David (see also 2 Samuel 14:20; 19:27; 1 Samuel 29:9). The woman was expressing confidence that David would act with wisdom and justice given by God.

Theme notes and profiles

Absalom David Joab

Events

Reign of David

Related verses

2 Samuel 19:27
…and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
1 Samuel 29:9
Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
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.”
1 Kings 3:9
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
Hebrews 5:14
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
1 Corinthians 2:14–15
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Proverbs 27:21
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
Job 6:30
Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
Proverbs 29:5
A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
1 Kings 3:28
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Glossary

Absalom 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 Angel (A Spirit): A Celestial Spirit are Wise Angel (Holy Trinity): One of the Holy Trinity: Called Angel of God David: King of Israel: Absalom's Return Dishonesty: Joab's Guile in Securing Absalom's Return Flattery by the Woman of Tekoah Flattery: Woman of Tekoah 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

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