2 Samuel 14:3

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

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Interpretation

We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God.

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This thought runs through 2 Samuel 14:1-3.

2 Samuel 14:1 2 Samuel 14:2 2 Samuel 14:3

Glossary

Joab Person: Jehovah is his father. (1. ) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign ( 2 Sam. 2:13 ; 10:7 ; 11:1 ; 1 Kings 11:15 ).