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2 Samuel 14:11 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Then she said, “Please let the king remember the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.” "
2 Samuel 14:11
Verse in Context
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9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house; and may the king and his throne be guiltless.”
10 The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”
11 Then she said, “Please let the king remember the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.” He said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the earth.”
12 Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”
13 The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
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2 Samuel 14:1
"Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom."
2 Samuel 14:2
"Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead."
2 Samuel 14:3
"Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth."
2 Samuel 14:4
"When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”"
2 Samuel 14:5
"The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead."
2 Samuel 14:6
"Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him."
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