2 Samuel 14:8

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Then the king said to the woman, "Go home, and I will issue a command on your behalf."

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  • 2 Sam 12:5-6 : 5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 He must pay back four times the price of the lamb because he did such a thing and had no pity!
  • 2 Sam 16:4 : 4 Then the king declared to Ziba, "Everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours." Ziba said, "I humbly bow before you. May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king."
  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of one I did not know.
  • Prov 18:13 : 13 To answer before listening—that is folly and shame.
  • Isa 11:3-4 : 3 And his delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear. 4 But he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.

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  • 2 Sam 14:9-13
    5 verses
    82%

    9But the woman from Tekoa replied to the king, "My lord the king, let the guilt rest on me and on my father’s house. The king and his throne will be guiltless."

    10The king replied, "If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother you again."

    11She said, "Let the king swear by the LORD your God that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy and that they will not eliminate my son." The king said, "As surely as the LORD lives, not one hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground."

    12Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak."

    13The woman said, "Why have you devised such a thing against the people of God? By making this decision, the king is convicting himself for not bringing back his own banished son."

  • 2 Sam 14:2-7
    6 verses
    79%

    2So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, "Please act like you are in mourning. Put on mourning clothes and do not anoint yourself with oil. Behave as if you have been mourning for the dead for a long time.

    3Then go to the king and speak to him as I instruct you." And Joab put the words into her mouth.

    4When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, prostrated herself, and said, "Help, O king!"

    5The king said to her, "What is troubling you?" She replied, "Truly, I am a widow; my husband has died.

    6Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field, with no one there to separate them, and one of them struck the other and killed him.

    7Now the whole family has risen against your servant. They say, 'Hand over the one who killed his brother so that we may put him to death for taking his brother’s life. We want to destroy the heir as well.' They will extinguish my remaining ember, leaving neither name nor remnant for my husband on the earth.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-19
    5 verses
    78%

    15Now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king—perhaps the king will grant the request of his servant.

    16For the king will hear me and deliver me from the hand of the man who seeks to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.'

    17And your servant thought, 'May the word of my lord the king bring me peace, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you.'

    18Then the king said to the woman, "Do not hide anything I ask you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

    19The king asked, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all of this?" The woman answered, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, it is true. Your servant Joab instructed me and put all these words into the mouth of your servant."

  • 2 Kgs 8:6
    75%

    6The king questioned the woman, and she told him her story. Then the king assigned an official to her and said, "Restore everything that belongs to her, as well as all the produce of the field from the day she left the land until now."

  • 2 Sam 15:9
    73%

    9The king said to him, 'Go in peace.' So he got up and went to Hebron.

  • 2 Kgs 8:3
    73%

    3At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.

  • 1 Kgs 2:18
    72%

    18'Very well,' Bathsheba replied. 'I will speak to the king for you.'

  • 2 Kgs 4:13
    71%

    13Elisha said to him, "Tell her this: 'You have gone to all this trouble for us. What can be done for you? Should I speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I am content to live among my own people."

  • 2 Sam 12:8
    71%

    8'I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

  • 2 Sam 15:20
    71%

    20‘You only came yesterday, so why should I make you wander with us today? I must go wherever I can. Return and take your brothers with you. May kindness and faithfulness be with you.’

  • 2 Sam 19:7-8
    2 verses
    71%

    7You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that commanders and servants mean nothing to you. I can see that if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you.

    8Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come upon you from your youth until now."

  • 2 Sam 14:24
    71%

    24But the king said, "He must go to his own house; he must not see my face." So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the king’s face.

  • 2 Sam 13:13
    71%

    13What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And you would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not withhold me from you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:14
    70%

    14Then he said, 'I have something to say to you.' She replied, 'Speak.'

  • 2 Sam 13:17
    70%

    17He called his servant who attended him and said, 'Throw this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her.'

  • 2 Sam 14:21
    70%

    21The king said to Joab, "Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom."

  • 1 Kgs 20:40
    70%

    40But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.' The king of Israel said to him, 'That is your sentence; you have pronounced it yourself.'

  • 2 Sam 15:15-16
    2 verses
    70%

    15The king’s servants replied to him, 'Your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses.'

    16So the king set out, and all his household followed him on foot. But the king left behind ten concubines to take care of the palace.

  • 2 Sam 19:38
    70%

    38Let your servant dwell here and die in my own town near the graves of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him whatever seems good to you."

  • 1 Sam 25:35
    70%

    35Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought to him and said, 'Go home in peace. See, I have listened to your words and granted your request.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:36
    70%

    36Then the king sent for Shimei and said to him, 'Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live here. Do not leave this city to go anywhere else.'

  • Gen 24:38
    70%

    38Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

  • 1 Sam 22:16
    70%

    16The king said, 'You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and your whole family.'

  • 1 Kgs 3:27
    70%

    27Then the king gave his ruling: 'Give the living child to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.'

  • 1 Kgs 1:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13Go to King David and say to him, 'My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant, saying, "Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne"? Then why has Adonijah become king?'

    14While you are still speaking to the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words."

  • 2 Kgs 9:34
    70%

    34Jehu went inside, ate and drank, and then said, 'Attend to this cursed woman and bury her, for she was a king’s daughter.'

  • Jer 22:1
    69%

    1This is what the LORD says: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and deliver this message there.

  • 2 Sam 18:4-5
    2 verses
    69%

    4The king said to them, 'I will do whatever seems best to you.' So the king stood beside the gate while all the troops marched out by hundreds and thousands.

    5The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, 'Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake.' All the troops heard the king’s orders concerning Absalom to all the commanders.

  • 1 Sam 25:28
    69%

    28Please forgive the offense of your servant, for the Lord will certainly make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because my lord fights the Lord’s battles, and no wrongdoing will be found in you as long as you live.

  • 2 Sam 14:32
    69%

    32Absalom said to Joab, 'Look, I sent word to you, saying, “Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, 'Why did I come back from Geshur? It would have been better for me to remain there.'” Now, let me see the king’s face. If I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.'

  • 1 Kgs 3:17
    69%

    17One of them said, 'My lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was there with me.'

  • 2 Sam 18:30
    69%

    30The king said, 'Stand aside and wait here.' So he stepped aside and stood there.