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When the king says this, does he not convict himself, for the king has not brought back his banished son? <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/14.htm">New Living Translation</a> She replied, “Why don’t you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son. <a href="/esv/2_samuel/14.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again. <a href="/bsb/2_samuel/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/14.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/14.htm">New King James Version</a> So the woman said: “Why then have you schemed such a thing against the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring his banished one home again. <a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is like one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one. <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/14.htm">NASB 1995</a> The woman said, &#8220Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one. <a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one. <a href="/lsb/2_samuel/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then the woman said, “Why then have you thought up such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one. <a href="/amp/2_samuel/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The woman said, “Now why have you planned such a thing against God’s people? For in speaking this word the king is like a guilty man, in that the king does not bring back his banished one. <a href="/csb/2_samuel/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The woman asked, “Why have you devised something similar against the people of God? When the king spoke as he did about this matter, he has pronounced his own guilt. The king has not brought back his own banished one. <a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The woman asked, &#8220Why have you devised something similar against the people of God? When the king spoke as he did about this matter, he has pronounced his own guilt. The king has not brought back his own banished one. <a href="/asv/2_samuel/14.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one. <a href="/cev/2_samuel/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The woman said: Haven't you been hurting God's people? Your own son had to leave the country. And when you judged in my favor, it was the same as admitting that you should have let him come back. <a href="/erv/2_samuel/14.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one which is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one. <a href="/gwt/2_samuel/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Why have you devised something like this against God's people?" she said. "When you say this, you condemn yourself because you haven't brought back the one you banished! <a href="/gnt/2_samuel/14.htm">Good News Translation</a> She said to him, "Why have you done such a wrong to God's people? You have not allowed your own son to return from exile, and so you have condemned yourself by what you have just said. <a href="/isv/2_samuel/14.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Why, then," the woman asked, "are you planning to act just like this against God's people? Based on what your majesty has said, you're acting like one who is guilty himself, because you're not bringing back the one whom you've banished! <a href="/msb/2_samuel/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/net/2_samuel/14.htm">NET Bible</a> The woman said, "Why have you devised something like this against God's people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished. <a href="/nheb/2_samuel/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The king said, "Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more." <a href="/wbt/2_samuel/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one who is faulty, in that the king doth not bring home again his banished. <a href="/web/2_samuel/14.htm">World English Bible</a> The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the woman says, “And why have you thought thus concerning the people of God? Indeed, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king has not brought back his outcast; <a href="/ylt/2_samuel/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And the woman saith, 'And why hast thou thought thus concerning the people of God? yea, the king is speaking this thing as a guilty one, in that the king hath not brought back his outcast; <a href="/slt/2_samuel/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the woman will say, And wherefore didst thou reckon according to this concerning the people of God? for the king speaks this word as transgressing for the king not to turn back his fugitive.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_samuel/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the woman said: Why hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God, and why hath the king spoken this word, to sin, and not bring home again his own exile? <a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the woman said: “Why have you thought such a thing against the people of God, and why has the king spoken this word, so that he sins and does not lead back the one whom he rejected? <a href="/nabre/2_samuel/14.htm">New American Bible</a> So the woman said: “Why, then, do you think the way you do against the people of God? In pronouncing as he has, the king shows himself guilty, in not bringing back his own banished son. <a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The woman said, “Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the woman said to him, Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? And why do you speak, O king, as one who is guilty, in that, O king, you do not bring back your lost one? <a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The woman said to him: “Why have you thought this against the people of God, and why? have you spoken, oh King like a guilty one, and you do not bring back your lost one, oh King?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_samuel/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one. <a href="/sep/2_samuel/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the woman said, Why hast thou devised this thing against the people of God? or is this word out of the king's mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished? <a href="/parallel/2_samuel/14-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=3782" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/14.htm">Absalom's Return to Jerusalem</a> …12Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied. 13<a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: hā·’iš·šāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">The woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">asked,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: wə·lām·māh (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">“Why</a> <a href="/hebrew/2803.htm" title="2803: ḥā·šaḇ·tāh (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To think, account. ">have you devised</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: kā·zōṯ (Prep-k:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">a thing like this</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am (N-msc) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God?</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">When the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ū·mid·dab·bêr (Conj-w, Prep-m:: V-Piel-Inf) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">says</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/818.htm" title="818: kə·’ā·šêm (Prep-k:: Adj-ms) -- Guilty. From 'asham; guilty; hence, presenting a sin- offering.">does he not convict himself,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">since he</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1115.htm" title="1115: lə·ḇil·tî (Prep-l) -- Constructive feminine of balah; properly, a failure of, i.e. not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.">has not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: hā·šîḇ (V-Hifil-Inf) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">brought back</a> <a href="/hebrew/5080.htm" title="5080: nid·də·ḥōw (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-msc:: 3ms) -- To impel, thrust, banish. A primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively.">his own banished son?</a> 14For surely we will die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life; but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_samuel/12-1.htm">2 Samuel 12:1-7</a> Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. / The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle, / but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him. ... <a href="/2_samuel/13-39.htm">2 Samuel 13:39</a> And King David longed to go to Absalom, for he had been consoled over Amnon’s death. <a href="/2_samuel/18-33.htm">2 Samuel 18:33</a> The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!” <a href="/1_kings/1-20.htm">1 Kings 1:20-21</a> And as for you, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon you to tell them who will sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. / Otherwise, when my lord the king rests with his fathers, I and my son Solomon will be counted as criminals.” <a href="/1_kings/2-30.htm">1 Kings 2:30-31</a> And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.” / And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed. <a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Genesis 18:25</a> Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” <a href="/exodus/32-12.htm">Exodus 32:12-14</a> Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” / So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people. <a href="/numbers/14-19.htm">Numbers 14:19-20</a> Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.” / “I have pardoned them as you requested,” the LORD replied. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-36.htm">Deuteronomy 32:36</a> For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free. <a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8-14</a> The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. / He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever. / He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities. ... <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a> “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. <a href="/isaiah/55-7.htm">Isaiah 55:7</a> Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/jeremiah/31-20.htm">Jeremiah 31:20</a> Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/18-23.htm">Ezekiel 18:23</a> Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live? <a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8-9</a> How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred! / I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the woman said, Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king does speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king does not fetch home again his banished.Wherefore<a href="/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7</a> And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;<a href="/1_kings/20-40.htm">1 Kings 20:40-42</a> And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it… <a href="/luke/7-42.htm">Luke 7:42-44</a> And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? … people<a href="/2_samuel/7-8.htm">2 Samuel 7:8</a> Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:<a href="/judges/20-2.htm">Judges 20:2</a> And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.in that the king<a href="/2_samuel/13-37.htm">2 Samuel 13:37,38</a> But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/30-4.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/john/8-46.htm">Convicts</a> <a href="/1_samuel/24-15.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/1_samuel/23-9.htm">Devised</a> <a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Faulty</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-23.htm">Fetch</a> <a href="/1_samuel/26-18.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-8.htm">Home</a> <a href="/1_samuel/20-42.htm">Inasmuch</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-12.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-36.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-2.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-4.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-12.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/14-14.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/john/8-46.htm">Convicts</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-4.htm">Decision</a> <a href="/2_samuel/21-5.htm">Devised</a> <a href="/psalms/78-57.htm">Faulty</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-20.htm">Fetch</a> <a href="/2_samuel/19-19.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-3.htm">Home</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-2.htm">Inasmuch</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-15.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-14.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-15.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-31.htm">Wherefore</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-15.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 14</div>1. <a href="/2_samuel/14-1.htm">Joab, suborning a widow of Tekoah to incline the king's heart to fetch Absalom,</a> 21. <a href="/2_samuel/14-21.htm">brings him home to Jerusalem</a> 25. <a href="/2_samuel/14-25.htm">Absalom's beauty, hair, and children</a> 28. <a href="/2_samuel/14-28.htm">After two years, Absalom is brought into the king's presence by Joab</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/14.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_samuel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_samuel/14.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? This phrase is part of a narrative where a wise woman from Tekoa approaches King David. The context is a parable-like story orchestrated by Joab to persuade David to reconcile with his estranged son Absalom. The "people of God" refers to the Israelites, highlighting the communal impact of David's personal decisions. The woman's question challenges David's actions, suggesting that his decisions have broader implications for the nation. This reflects the biblical principle that leaders' actions affect their people, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/1_kings/12-13.htm">1 Kings 12:13-14</a>, where Rehoboam's decision impacts the kingdom.When the king says this, The woman refers to a hypothetical situation presented to David, which mirrors his own circumstances. This technique of using parables or indirect stories to reveal truth is seen elsewhere in scripture, such as Nathan's parable to David in <a href="/2_samuel/12.htm">2 Samuel 12:1-7</a>. It is a method to provoke self-reflection and realization of one's own faults.does he not convict himself, The phrase suggests self-incrimination, as David's judgment on the hypothetical situation indirectly condemns his own actions regarding Absalom. This mirrors the biblical theme of self-awareness and repentance, as seen in <a href="/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51</a>, where David acknowledges his sin. The concept of self-conviction is also echoed in <a href="/romans/2.htm">Romans 2:1</a>, where Paul speaks of judging others while doing the same things.since he has not brought back his own banished son? This refers to Absalom, who was in exile after killing his brother Amnon. The cultural context of banishment in ancient Israel often involved familial and tribal tensions, as seen in <a href="/genesis/21-10.htm">Genesis 21:10</a> with Hagar and Ishmael. The return of a banished individual can symbolize forgiveness and restoration, themes central to the gospel message. Absalom's situation foreshadows the reconciliation offered through Christ, who brings back the "banished" into the family of God, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Ephesians 2:12-13</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/joab.htm">Joab</a> The commander of King David's army who orchestrates a plan to reconcile David with his estranged son, Absalom, by using a wise woman from Tekoa. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_wise_woman_of_tekoa.htm">The Wise Woman of Tekoa</a> A woman chosen by Joab to present a parable to King David, aiming to persuade him to bring Absalom back to Jerusalem. 3. <a href="/topical/k/king_david.htm">King David</a> The ruler of Israel, who is in a moral and emotional conflict regarding his son Absalom, who has been banished for killing his brother Amnon. 4. <a href="/topical/a/absalom.htm">Absalom</a> David's son, who is in exile after avenging his sister Tamar by killing Amnon, David's other son. 5. <a href="/topical/t/tekoa.htm">Tekoa</a> A town in Judah, known for its wise inhabitants, from where the woman who speaks to David is brought.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_parables.htm">The Power of Parables</a> Parables can be powerful tools for revealing truth and prompting self-reflection. The wise woman’s account helps David see his own situation more clearly. <a href="/topical/s/self-conviction.htm">Self-Conviction</a> David's realization of his own inconsistency highlights the importance of self-examination and aligning our actions with our beliefs. <a href="/topical/r/reconciliation_and_forgiveness.htm">Reconciliation and Forgiveness</a> The passage underscores the necessity of reconciliation, especially within families, and the courage it takes to forgive and restore relationships. <a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God’s Justice and Mercy</a> The tension between justice and mercy is evident in David's dilemma, reminding us of God's perfect balance of these attributes. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Leadership and Responsibility</a> As a leader, David's actions have broader implications for the people of Israel, teaching us about the responsibility leaders have to act justly and mercifully.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 14</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'ask_not,_have_not'_mean.htm">What is the essence of Absalom's Spirit?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_adultery,_offspring.htm">What does the Bible say about adultery and offspring?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_david_use_subterfuge_for_absalom.htm">2 Samuel 14:21–24: Why would David, a supposedly just king, rely on subterfuge rather than open negotiation to resolve Absalom’s banishment? </a> <a href="/q/2_sam_14_14_vs._god-sanctioned_deaths.htm">2 Samuel 14:14: If 'God does not take away life,' how does this verse reconcile with other biblical passages where God sanctions or orders death?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) Against the people of God.--This phrase, according to constant usage, can only mean Israel. The woman finds that the time has come when she must show the king that he stands condemned for his conduct towards Absalom by his own decision. She does this cautiously, and her language is therefore somewhat obscure; she rather hints at than plainly expresses what she wants to say. Her first point is that the king is in some way wronging the people, and then that he does this in opposition to the spirit of the decision he has just given, by leaving Absalom (whom she does not name) in banishment.The king doth speak . . .--A more literal translation would be, from the king's speaking this word he is as one guilty.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 13. - Against the people of God. Very skilfully, and so as for the meaning only gradually to unfold itself to the king, she represents the people of Israel as the widowed mother, who has lost one son; and David as the stern clan folk who will deprive her of a second though guilty child. But now he is bound by the solemn oath he has taken to her to remit the penalty; for literally the words are, and by the king's speaking this word he is as one guilty, unless he fetch home again his banished one. She claims to have spoken in the name of all Israel, and very probably she really did express their feelings, as Absalom was very popular, and the people saw in Tamar's wrong a sufficient reason for, and vindication of, his crime. <a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/14-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The woman הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה (hā·’iš·šāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female asked, וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (wat·tō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Why וְלָ֧מָּה (wə·lām·māh) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> What?, what!, indefinitely what have you devised חָשַׁ֛בְתָּה (ḥā·šaḇ·tāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2803.htm">Strong's 2803: </a> To think, account a thing like this כָּזֹ֖את (kā·zōṯ) Preposition-k | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the people עַ֣ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of God? אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative When the king הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king says וּמִדַּבֵּ֨ר (ū·mid·dab·bêr) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue this, הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that does he not convict himself, כְּאָשֵׁ֔ם (kə·’ā·šêm) Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_818.htm">Strong's 818: </a> Guilty, presenting a, sin-offering since [he] הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king has not לְבִלְתִּ֛י (lə·ḇil·tî) Preposition-l <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1115.htm">Strong's 1115: </a> A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until brought back הָשִׁ֥יב (hā·šîḇ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again his own banished [son]? נִדְּחֽוֹ׃ (nid·də·ḥōw) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5080.htm">Strong's 5080: </a> To impel, thrust, banish <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_samuel/14-13.htm">2 Samuel 14:13 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-13.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 14:13 The woman said Why then have you (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/14-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 14:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 14:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/14-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 14:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 14:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>