2 Samuel 14:20

_THEN THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, HIDE NOT FROM ME, I PRAY THEE, THE THING THAT I SHALL ASK THEE. AND THE WOMAN SAID, LET MY LORD THE KING NOW SPEAK._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others....

Verse 2 Samuel 14:20. _ACCORDING TO THE WISDOM OF AN ANGEL OF GOD_] This is quite in the style of Asiatic flattery. A European is often addressed, "_Saheb can do every thing_; we can do nothing; none can prevent the execution of Saheb's commands; Saheb is God." See WARD....

EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 14:1 THE KING'S HEART WAS TOWARD ABSALOM. Again there is a diversity of view as to the right rendering. The preposition does not usually mean "toward," but "against," and is so rendered in 2 Samuel 14:13. The whole phrase occurs again only in Daniel 11:28, and certainly there implies enmity. The whole attitude of David towards Absalom is one of persistent hostility, and, even when Joab had obtained his recall, for two full years he would not admit him into his presence. What has led most commentators to force the meaning here and in 2 Samuel 13:39 is the

TO FETCH ABOUT THIS FORM OF SPEECH HATH THY SERVANT JOAB DONE THIS THING,.... Feigned a story in such form and manner as had been delivered to the king, that it might be accommodated and applied to the case of Absalom, and to transfer it in a figure to the king, to use the apostle's phrase, 1 Corinthians 4:8; AND MY LORD [IS] WISE, ACCORDING TO THE WISDOM OF AN ANGEL OF GOD; as not only to understand the design of this fable or parable, but of such sagacity and penetration as to find out the author of it; and even TO KNOW ALL [THINGS] THAT [ARE] IN THE EARTH; either in the whole world, or rather in the land of Israel; and it is to be understood not of all actions natural and moral done by men in it, which would be to ascribe omniscience to him; but of all political things, all things respecting civil government; that he had such a spirit of dis

ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

4. DAVID AND ABSALOM CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Joab's scheme (2 Samuel 14:1)_ 2. The woman of Tekoah before the king (2 Samuel 14:4) 3. Joab brings Absalom to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 14:21) 4. Absalom's beauty (2 Samuel 14:25) 5. Absalom sees his father (2 Samuel 14:28) In all these records of those sad events we hear not a word that David inquired of the Lord. Joab now appears upon the scene again and that for evil, though he did not mean to do evil to the king. He concocts a scheme by whi

2 SAMUEL 14. THE RETURN OF ABSALOM (J). 2 SAMUEL 14:1. Joab perceives the king's longing for his son (p. 67), and sends to him a woman of Tekoa (p. 31), about 5 miles S. of Beth-lehem, with a trumped-up tale that she was in danger of being left childless, because one of her two sons had killed his brother, and the kinsfolk wished to put the survivor to death. The king promised to intervene. 2 SAMUEL 14:9. The woman continued to importune him, and at last she seems to admit that her story is a parable and to apply it to the king. 2 Samuel 14:14 is difficult; the first part, no doubt, means, Life is uncertain, either the king or his son may die at any time; then it will be too late for

TO FETCH ABOUT THIS FORM OF SPEECH. To bring about this turn of affairs....

_to fetch about_this _form of speech_ Rather, IN ORDER TO BRING ROUND THE FACE OF THE BUSINESS: that is, to alter the aspect of Absalom's relations to his father....