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2 Samuel 14:8

Then David said to the woman, "Go to your home, and I will give orders concerning you."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Absalom;   Avenger of Blood;   David;   Dishonesty;   Intercession;   Joab;   Kindness;   Obsequiousness;   Parables;   Tact;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Murder;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Court Systems;   Jonah;   King, Kingship;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Priests and Levites;   Samuel, Books of;   Tekoa;   Wisdom;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Absalom;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jo'ab;   Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Samuel, Books of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Absalom;   Avenger of Blood;   Parable;   Poetry;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king told the woman, “Go home. I will issue a command on your behalf.”
Hebrew Names Version
The king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.
King James Version
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Lexham English Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I myself will give the command concerning you."
English Standard Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
New Century Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go home. I will take care of this for you."
New English Translation
Then the king told the woman, "Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation."
New American Standard Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your home, and I will issue orders concerning you."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King said vnto the woman, Go to thine house, and I wil giue a charge for thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you."
Contemporary English Version
"Go on home," David told her. "I'll take care of this matter for you."
Complete Jewish Bible
The king said to the woman, "Go back home; I myself will decide what to do about you."
Darby Translation
And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go home. I will take care of things for you."
George Lamsa Translation
And the king said to her, Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.
Good News Translation
"Go back home," the king answered, "and I will take care of the matter."
Literal Translation
And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give command concerning you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The kynge sayde vnto the woman: Go ye waye home, I wil geue a comaudemet for ye.
American Standard Version
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Bible in Basic English
And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king sayde vnto the woman: Go home to thyne house, I wyll geue a charge for thee.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king said unto the woman: 'Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.'
King James Version (1611)
And the king saide vnto the woman, Goe to thine house, and I will giue charge concerning thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king said to the woman, Go in peace to thy house, and I will give commandment concerning thee.
English Revised Version
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Berean Standard Bible
"Go home," the king said to the woman, "and I will give orders on your behalf."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng seide to the womman, Go in to thin hows, and Y schal comaunde for thee.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king saith unto the woman, `Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee.'
Update Bible Version
And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king said to the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
World English Bible
The king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you.
New King James Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
New Living Translation
"Leave it to me," the king told her. "Go home, and I'll see to it that no one touches him."
New Life Bible
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house. I will say what should be done about your trouble."
New Revised Standard
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king said unto the woman - Go to thy house, and, I, will give command concerning thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king said to the woman: Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
Revised Standard Version
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
THE MESSAGE
The king said, "Go home, and I'll take care of this for you."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."

Contextual Overview

1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart longed for Absalom. 2So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought from there and told her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has for many days been in mourning for the dead. 3"Then go to the king and speak to him in this way." So Joab told her what to say. 4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she bowed with her face to the ground and lay herself down, and said, "Help, O king." 5The king asked her, "What is the matter?" She said, "Truly I am a widow; my husband is dead. 6"Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled and fought in the field. There was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him. 7"Now behold, the entire family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, 'Hand over the one who killed his brother, so that we may put him to death [to pay] for the life of his brother whom he killed and destroy the heir also.' By doing this they will extinguish my coal that is left, leaving my husband without a name or a remnant (heir) on the face of the earth." 8Then David said to the woman, "Go to your home, and I will give orders concerning you."9The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord, O king, the guilt is on me and on my father's house, but the king and his throne are guiltless." 10The king said, "If anyone speaks to you [about this matter], bring him to me [for judgment], and he will not touch you again."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will give: 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Samuel 12:6, 2 Samuel 16:4, Job 29:16, Proverbs 18:13, Isaiah 11:3, Isaiah 11:4

Cross-References

Genesis 13:10
So Lot looked and saw that the valley of the Jordan was well watered everywhere—this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; [it was all] like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar [at the south end of the Dead Sea].
Genesis 14:2
they [invaded the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea, and] made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
Genesis 14:3
All of these [kings] joined together [as allies] in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Sea of Salt).
Genesis 14:10
Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar (bitumen) pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them. But the remainder [of the kings] who survived fled to the hill country.
Genesis 19:20
"Now look, this town [in the distance] is near enough for us to flee to, and it is small [with only a few people]. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) so that my life will be saved."
Genesis 19:22
"Hurry and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything [to punish Sodom] until you arrive there." For this reason the town was named Zoar (few, small).

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 14:8. 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: -


 
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