2 Samuel 14:21

Contextual Overview

²¹Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”²¹ The king said to Yo'av, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Avshalom back. ²¹ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. ²¹ Then the king said to Joab, "Look, please, I will grant this thing. Go and bring back the young man Absalom." ²¹ Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom." ²¹ The king said to Joab, "Look, I will do what I promised. Bring back the young man Absalom." ²¹ Then the king said to Joab, "All right! I will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom! ²¹Then the king said to Joab, "Listen, I will most certainly do this thing; now go, bring back the young man Absalom."²¹ Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I will certainly do this thing; go then, bring back the young man Absalom."²¹ And the King sayde vnto Ioab, Beholde nowe, I haue done this thing: go then, & bring the yong man Absalom againe.

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I have done: 2 Samuel 14:11, 1 Samuel 14:39, Mark 6:26

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king said unto Joab,.... Who was present, or but at a little distance, waiting the issue of this affair:

behold now I have done this thing; have agreed to recall Absalom, at the suit of this woman, which thou hast put her upon; or, according to the textual reading, "thou hast done this thing" r; contrived this scheme, to let me know the mind of the people with respect to Absalom, or to represent to me the propriety of sending for him home:

go, therefore, bring the young man Absalom again; I give my consent to it, and you may send for him, or fetch him as soon as you please; it is thought he calls him a young man, to extenuate his crime, that it was done in youthful heat and passion, and therefore he should pass it over.

r עשית "fecisti", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 14:21. And the king said unto Joab — It appears that Joab was present at the time when the woman was in conference with the king, and no doubt others of David's courtiers or officers were there also.