12 Then the woman said, I pray thee, let thine handmaid speak a word to my lord the King. And he said, Say on.

13 Then the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou [a]thought such a thing against the people of God? or why doth the King, as one which is faulty, speak this thing, that he will not bring again his banished?

14 For we must needs die, and we are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again: neither doth God [b]spare any person, yet doth he appoint [c]means, not to cast out from him, him that is expelled.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:13 Why dost thou give contrary sentence in thy son Absalom?
  2. 2 Samuel 14:14 Or, accept.
  3. 2 Samuel 14:14 God hath provided ways (as sanctuaries) to save them oft times, whom man judgeth worthy death.

Bible Gateway Recommends