Verse 17
2 Samuel 14:17
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God (Elohim), so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God (Elohim) be with thee.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ שִׁפְחָ֣תְ/ךָ֔ יִֽהְיֶה נָּ֛א דְּבַר אֲדֹנִ֥/י הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ לִ/מְנוּחָ֑ה כִּ֣י כְּ/מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֗ים כֵּ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֤/י הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לִ/שְׁמֹ֨עַ֙ הַ/טּ֣וֹב וְ/הָ/רָ֔ע וַֽ/יהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ יְהִ֥י עִמָּֽ/ךְ
English Translation
And your maidservant said, "Let the word of my lord the king be like an angel of God; so my lord the king will listen to the good and the bad, and may the LORD your God be with you."
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Chapter 14 Context
1
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
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And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyse...
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and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
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And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance...
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And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husb...
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And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part...
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And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote hi...
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And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
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And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’...
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And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any...
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Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God (Elohim), that the avenger of bloo...
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Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said,...
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And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God (Elohim)...
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For we must needs die, and are as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; ne...
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Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the peop...
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For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and...
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Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an ang...
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Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall as...
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And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As th...
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to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, accordi...
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And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man A...
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And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king; and Joab said, Tod...
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So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
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And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to...
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Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of h...
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And when he cut the hair of his head (now it was at every year’s end that he cut it; because it was...
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And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman...
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And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king’s face.
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Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and he sent again...
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Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go an...
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Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants...
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And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to th...
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So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and...
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