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" F18; 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.
F18 (tyve) "fecisti", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
