“Leave it to me,” the king told her. “Go home, and I’ll see to it that no one touches him.”
Parallel translations
- WEB The king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give a command concerning you.”
- KJV And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
- BSB “Go home,” the king said to the woman, “and I will give orders on your behalf.”
- NKJV Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you.”
- NASB Then the king said to the woman, “Go to your home, and I will issue orders concerning you.”
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Quick answer
David tells the woman to go home and promises to give a command on her behalf. The king begins to take up her cause.
Overview
David's willingness to intervene shows his compassion for the apparently bereaved widow. His promise to issue a ruling moves the staged plea toward its intended outcome. Yet the woman presses further, seeking a firmer, oath-bound guarantee that will later be turned against David's own inaction toward Absalom.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Prov 18:13He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
- 2 Sam 12:5–6David’s anger burned hot against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, the man who has done this deserves to die!
- 2 Sam 16:4Then the king said to Ziba, “Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours.” Ziba said, “I bow down. Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.”
- Isa 11:3–4His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
- Job 29:16I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn’t know, I searched out.
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God's covenant with David — a son whose throne and kingdom would last forever (7:12–16) — finds its yes in Jesus, the Son of David who reigns without end.
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