サムエル記Ⅱ 14:4-8 JCB

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 14:5

a widow . One of nine widows specially me' tioned. See note on Genesis 38:19 . mine husband is dead. Figure of speech Synonymia. App-6 . behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . life = soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 14:4

THE STORY THAT THE WOMAN TOLD THE KING"When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, "Help, O king." And the king said to her, "What is your trouble"? She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead. And your handmaid had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field; there was no one to part them, and one struck the other and killed him. And now the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, `Give... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 14:8

DAVID GRANTED HER PETITION WITH AN OATH"Then the king said to the woman, `Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.' And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, `On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless.' The king said, `If any one says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again.' Then she said, `Pray let the king invoke the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood slay no more, and my son be... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 14:7

2 Samuel 14:7. So they shall quench my coal which is left— The expression is singularly beautiful and expressive. Heathen authors seem to have borrowed it from hence. Plato and Lucian call the few men who survived the deluge ζωπυρα, live coals, who were to re-kindle the vital flame, and continue the human race: and in Scripture a man and his successors are often called a lamp or light: see chap. 2 Samuel 21:17. Psa 132:17 and Calmet and Le Clerc. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 14:7

7. they shall quench my coal which is left—The life of man is compared in Scripture to a light. To quench the light of Israel ( :-) is to destroy the king's life; to ordain a lamp for any one (Psalms 132:17) is to grant him posterity; to quench a coal signifies here the extinction of this woman's only remaining hope that the name and family of her husband would be preserved. The figure is a beautiful one; a coal live, but lying under a heap of embers—all that she had to rekindle her fire—to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 14:8

2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman—The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the public interests made him hesitate about recalling or pardoning his guilty son; and Joab, whose discerning mind perceived this struggle between parental affection and... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 14:1-20

Joab’s scheme to secure Absalom’s pardon 14:1-20Evidently Joab (David’s commander-in-chief and nephew by his half-sister, Zeruiah; 1 Chronicles 2:16) concluded that it would be politically better for David and Israel if David brought Absalom back to Jerusalem from Geshur (cf. 2 Samuel 14:7; 2 Samuel 14:13-15). Absalom was, of course, now David’s heir to the throne by custom, though Yahweh had designated Solomon to succeed his father. David had a great love for Absalom even though he was a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 14:1-33

Absalom’s Return from GeshurAfter waiting for two years, Absalom forces Joab to use his influence to bring about a reconciliation between him and his father.2. Tekoah] 6 m. S. of Bethlehem. It was the home of the prophet Amos (Amos 1:1).7. We will destroy] She purposely makes the case appear as bad as possible. My coal] The word means a glowing piece of wood. The surviving son is compared to a spark left when the rest of the fire has gone out. The passage casts an interesting light on the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 14:4

(4) Spake to the king.—Many MSS. and the LXX., Vulg., and Syriac have came to the king. The difference is immaterial. read more