2 Samuël 14:15

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Nu, dat ik hier gekomen ben om dit woord tot mijn heer den koning te spreken is omdat het volk mij bevreesd maakte; en uw dienstmaagd dacht: Laat ik eens tot den koning spreken; wellicht zal de koning het woord zijner dienares volbrengen;

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Zo ben ik nu gekomen om met mijnen heer den koning aldus te spreken; want het volk maakt mij bang, daarom dacht uwe dienstmaagd: ik wil met den koning spreken, misschien zal hij doen wat zijne dienstmaagd zegt;

Staten Vertaling
Nu dan, dat ik gekomen ben, om ditzelve woord tot den koning, mijn heer, te spreken, is omdat het volk mij vreesachtig gemaakt heeft; zo zeide uw dienstmaagd: Ik zal nu tot den koning spreken; misschien zal de koning het woord zijner dienstmaagd doen.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Job 9:23 - he will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king,.... Of the case of Absalom, under a feigned one of hers:

[it is] because the people have made me afraid; having heard of their whisperings, murmurings, and uneasiness among them, because Absalom was not sent for home, fearing there would be an insurrection in the nation, or an invasion of it by Absalom at the request of his friends; in which he might be supported by the king of Geshur; or however that disputes would arise about the succession, at the death of David; on these accounts she determined to speak to the king, and him them to him in the manner she had done; though some understand this of the discouragement the people laid her under, telling her the king would not hear her; nevertheless she was resolved to make trial:

and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be the king will perform the request of his handmaid; not only with respect to her own son, as feigned; but with respect to Absalom, the grand thing in view.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The people have made me afraid - She pretends still that her suit was a real one, and that she was in fear of the people (“the whole family,” 2 Samuel 14:7) setting upon her and her son.