2 Samuel 14:12

2 Samuel Old Testament

WEB

Then the woman said, "Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Say on."

KJV

Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

Commentary

Commentary

Then the woman said, let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my Lord the k ing,.... Having gained her point, and gotten a decree from him confirmed by an oath, that her son though he had killed his brother should not die; she proceeds to accommodate the parable, and apply it to the case of Absalom, and improve it in his favour: and he said, say on; gave her leave to say what she had further to observe to him; see Luk 7:40 .