Kings II 14:16

16 for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.

Kings II 14:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:16

And Jehoash slept with his fathers
Died as they died:

and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel;
where they were:

and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead;
which was Jeroboam the second.

Kings II 14:16 In-Context

14 For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.

15 And now whereas I came to speak this word to my lord the king, that the people will see me, and thy handmaid will say, Let one now speak to my lord the king, if peradventure the king will perform the request of his handmaid;

16 for the king will hear. Let him rescue his handmaid out of the hand of the man that seeks to cast out me and my son from the inheritance of God.

17 And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious, — : for as an angel of God, so my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee.

18 And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the matter which I ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.