Verse 7

2 Samuel 14:7

GOD'S WORD Translation

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7 Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הִנֵּה֩ קָ֨מָה כָֽל הַ/מִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה עַל שִׁפְחָתֶ֗/ךָ וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ תְּנִ֣י אֶת מַכֵּ֣ה אָחִ֗י/ו וּ/נְמִתֵ֨/הוּ֙ בְּ/נֶ֤פֶשׁ אָחִי/ו֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָרָ֔ג וְ/נַשְׁמִ֖ידָה גַּ֣ם אֶת הַ/יּוֹרֵ֑שׁ וְ/כִבּ֗וּ אֶת גַּֽחַלְתִּ/י֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁאָ֔רָה לְ/בִלְתִּ֧י שום שִׂים לְ/אִישִׁ֛/י שֵׁ֥ם וּ/שְׁאֵרִ֖ית עַל פְּנֵ֥י הָ/אֲדָמָֽה

English Translation

And behold, the entire family rose up against your maidservant and they said, "Give us the one who killed our brother and we will kill him for the soul of our brother whom he killed, and we will also destroy the heir and we will extinguish the remnant that remains without giving any man a name or a remnant upon the face of the earth."

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Chapter 14 Context

1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom. Focus ↗

2 Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner... Focus ↗

3 Go in to the king, and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth. Focus ↗

4 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and s... Focus ↗

5 The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead. Focus ↗

6 Your servant had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part... Focus ↗

7 Behold, the whole family has risen against your servant, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his b...

8 The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.” Focus ↗

9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord, O king, may the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s... Focus ↗

10 The king said, “Whoever says anything to you, bring him to me, and he will not bother you any more.”... Focus ↗

11 Then she said, “Please let the king remember Yahweh your God (Elohim), that the avenger of blood des... Focus ↗

12 Then the woman said, “Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.” Focus ↗

13 The woman said, “Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God (Elohim)? For in s... Focus ↗

14 For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither... Focus ↗

15 Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the peop... Focus ↗

16 For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and m... Focus ↗

17 Then your servant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God... Focus ↗

18 Then the king answered the woman, “Please don’t hide anything from me that I ask you.” The woman sai... Focus ↗

19 The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives,... Focus ↗

20 to change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing. My lord is wise, according t... Focus ↗

21 The king said to Joab, “Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore, and bring the young man Ab... Focus ↗

22 Joab fell to the ground on his face, showed respect, and blessed the king. Joab said, “Today your se... Focus ↗

23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. Focus ↗

24 The king said, “Let him return to his own house, but let him not see my face.” So Absalom returned t... Focus ↗

25 Now in all Israel there was no one to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of... Focus ↗

26 When he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was heav... Focus ↗

27 Three sons were born to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a woman with a beau... Focus ↗

28 Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and he didn’t see the king’s face. Focus ↗

29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. Then he sent agai... Focus ↗

30 Therefore he said to his servants, “Behold, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go a... Focus ↗

31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my f... Focus ↗

32 Absalom answered Joab, “Behold, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here, that I may send you to the king,... Focus ↗

33 So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 14 (33 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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