For the king will listen, to save his slave from the hand of the man who would eliminate both me and my son from the inheritance of God.’
Parallel translations
- WEB For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
- KJV For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
- BSB For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
- NKJV For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the inheritance of God.’
- NLT and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance God has given us.
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Quick answer
She trusts the king will deliver her and her son from the man who would destroy them and cut them off from God's inheritance. She appeals to David as the protector of the threatened and the heritage of God's people.
Overview
The woman expresses confidence that the king will act to preserve her family within Israel's covenant inheritance. Her words frame David's intervention as guarding both individuals and the people's place before God. The appeal sustains the analogy to Absalom, whose restoration she presents as keeping a son within the inheritance of God's people.
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- 1 Sam 26:19Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
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