2 Samuel 14:16

Contextual Overview

¹ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. ¹ Joab realized how much the king longed to see Absalom. ¹ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom. ¹ Joab son of Zeruiah knew that King David missed Absalom very much. ¹ Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see Absalom. ¹ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart [was] towards Absalom. ¹ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. ¹Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart longed for Absalom. ¹ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart went out to Absalom. ¹ Forsothe Joab, the sone of Saruye, vndirstood, that the herte of the kyng was turned to Absolon;

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Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 26:19 - the inheritance

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:2
and I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing;

Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

Genesis 12:2
Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

Genesis 12:2
I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.

Genesis 12:2
And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you [abundantly], And make your name great (exalted, distinguished); And you shall be a blessing [a source of great good to others];

Genesis 12:2
and Y schal make thee in to a greet folk, and Y schal blisse thee, and Y schal magnyfie thi name, and thou schalt be blessid;

Genesis 12:2
And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the king will hear,.... She was fully persuaded of it, as now he had heard her:

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; he had given his word and his oath that he would deliver her son from the avenger of blood, that neither he nor any other should destroy him; which would have been the destruction of her and her whole family out of the land of Israel, the land which God had chosen for his inheritance, and had given to the of Israel to be theirs; and since the king had heard her, and granted her this favour, she doubted not but that he would deliver his own son from death, and restore him to the inheritance of the land, where he might worship the Lord God of his fathers, of which he was now deprived.