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2 Samuel 14:8

Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house. I will say what should be done about your trouble."

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

1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah saw that the king missed Absalom very much. 2 So Joab sent for a wise woman from Tekoa, and said to her, "Pretend to be filled with sorrow. Dress as if you were filled with sorrow, and do not pour oil on yourself. Dress like a woman who has been filled with sorrow for the dead many days. 3 Then go to the king and speak to him in this way." And Joab told her what to say. 4 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showing honor, and said, "Help, O king." 5 The king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "I am a woman whose husband has died. 6 Your woman servant had two sons. But they fought together in the field and there was no one to pull them apart. So one hit the other and killed him. 7 Now the whole family has come against your woman servant. They say, ‘Give us the one who killed his brother. We must put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.' So I would be without a son to receive what belonged to his parents when I die. They would put out the last of the fire which is left to me. My husband would be left without a name and with no children on the earth." 8 Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house. I will say what should be done about your trouble." 9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "O my lord the king, the sin is on me and my father's family. But the king and his throne are without guilt." 10 The king said, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me. 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
Lot looked and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 14:2
that they made war against 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 these joined together in the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
Genesis 14:10
Now the Siddim valley was full of deep holes with tar. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah turned and ran, and some fell there. But the others ran away into the hill country.
Genesis 19:20
See, this town is near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me run there (is it not small?) and my life will be saved."
Genesis 19:22
Hurry and run there. For I cannot do anything until you get there." So the name given to the town was Zoar.

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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