Kings II 14:18

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.

Kings II 14:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 14:18

And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
] Not in the canonical book of Chronicles; though there are some things of him recorded there, which are not here; but in the annals of each reign, written by the king's historian appointed for that purpose.

Kings II 14:18 In-Context

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.

19 And the king said, not the hand of Joab in all this matter with thee? and the woman said to the king, thy soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid.

20 In order that this form of speech might come about that thy servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.