2-Samuel - 14:8



8 The king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Samuel 14:8.

Differing Translations

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And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.
And the king said to the woman, "Go to your own house, and I will make a decree on your behalf."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

I will give charge - Indirectly granting her petition, and assenting that her son's life should be spared.

I will give charge concerning thee - This would not do, it was too distant; and she could not by it bring her business to a conclusion: so she proceeds: -

And the king said to the woman, go to thine house,.... Go home and make thyself easy:
and I will give charge concerning thee; intimating that he would inquire into her case; and if it was as she had represented it, he would give orders that she should not be disturbed, or be obliged to deliver up her son, and that he should be safe from those that sought his life.

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