John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:16
For the king will hear ,.... She was fully persuaded of it, as now he had heard her: to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God ; he had given his word and his oath that he would deliver her son from the avenger of blood, that neither he nor any other should destroy him; which would have been the destruction of her and her whole family out of the land of Israel, the land which God had chosen for his... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:1-20
Here is, I. Joab's design to get Absalom recalled out of banishment, his crime pardoned, and his attainder reversed, 2 Sam. 14:1. Joab made himself very busy in this affair. 1. As a courtier that was studious, by all ways possible, to ingratiate himself with his prince and improve his interest in his favour: He perceived that the king's heart was towards Absalom, and that, the heat of his displeasure being over, he still retained his old affection for him, and only wanted a friend to court him... read more