"Please," she replied, "may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!" "As surely as the LORD lives," he vowed, "not a hair of your son's head will fall to the ground." People Absalom, Joab, Tamar, ZeruiahPlaces Geshur, Jerusalem, TekoaTopics Add, Adding, Avenger, Blood, Continue, Cut, Death, Destroy, Destroyed, Destruction, Fall, Further, Gives, Ground, Hair, Invoke, Kept, Lest, Mind, Otherwise, Please, Prevent, Punishment, Redeemer, Remember, Revengers, Slay, Son's, Suffer, Surely, WouldestOutline 1. Joab, suborning a widow of Tekoah to incline the king's heart to fetch Absalom,21. brings him home to Jerusalem 25. Absalom's beauty, hair, and children 28. After two years, Absalom is brought into the king's presence by Joab Jump to Previous Avenger Blood Continue Destroy Earth Fall Hair Otherwise Please Remember Suffer WouldestJump to Next Avenger Blood Continue Destroy Earth Fall Hair Otherwise Please Remember Suffer WouldestLibrary God's Banished Ones'God doth devise means, that His banished be not expelled from Him.' 2 SAMUEL xiv. 14. David's good-for-nothing son Absalom had brought about the murder of one of his brothers, and had fled the country. His father weakly loved the brilliant blackguard, and would fain have had him back, but was restrained by a sense of kingly duty. Joab, the astute Commander-in- chief, a devoted friend of David, saw how the land lay, and formed a plan to give the king an excuse for doing what he wished to do. So … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Barley Field on Fire The Blessed Privilege of Seeing God Explained The Hebrew Sages and their Proverbs Samuel Parallel Verses NASB: Then she said, "Please let the king remember the LORD your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son." And he said, "As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."KJV: Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. Links 2 Samuel 14:11 NIV • 2 Samuel 14:11 NLT • 2 Samuel 14:11 ESV • 2 Samuel 14:11 NASB • 2 Samuel 14:11 KJVResources 2 Samuel 14:11 Bible Apps2 Samuel 14:11 Parallel 2 Samuel 14:11 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 14:11 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 14:11 French Bible 2 Samuel 14:11 German Bible 2 Samuel 14:11 Commentaries Bible Hub |