2 Samuel 14:10

10 "If anyone speaks against you, bring him to me, and he will never trouble you again," the king replied.

2 Samuel 14:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:10

And the king said, whoever saith [ought] unto thee
Demanding her to deliver up her son to justice, and reproaching her for not doing it:

bring him to me;
give him in charge to a proper officer to be brought before me, and I shall chastise him for it:

and he shall not touch thee any more;
give her any further trouble, by words or deeds.

2 Samuel 14:10 In-Context

8 The king said to the woman, "Return home, and I will issue an order in your behalf."
9 The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My master and king, let the guilt be on me and on my father's household. The king and his throne are innocent."
10 "If anyone speaks against you, bring him to me, and he will never trouble you again," the king replied.
11 She said, "Please let the king remember the LORD your God so that the one seeking revenge doesn't add to the destruction and doesn't kill my son." "As surely as the LORD lives," David said, "not one of your son's hairs will fall to the ground."
12 Then the woman said, "May your female servant say something to my master the king?" "Speak!" he said.
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