2 Samuel 14:16

16 Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’

2 Samuel 14:16 in Other Translations

16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

16 For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.'

16 and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance God has given us.

16 When the king hears what's going on, he'll step in and rescue me from the abuse of the man who would get rid of me and my son and God's inheritance - the works!'

16 The king will surely listen in order to rescue his servant from the hand of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God's inheritance.

2 Samuel 14:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:16

For the king will hear
She was fully persuaded of it, as now he had heard her:

to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man [that would] destroy
me and my son together out of the inheritance of God;
he had given his word and his oath that he would deliver her son from the avenger of blood, that neither he nor any other should destroy him; which would have been the destruction of her and her whole family out of the land of Israel, the land which God had chosen for his inheritance, and had given to the of Israel to be theirs; and since the king had heard her, and granted her this favour, she doubted not but that he would deliver his own son from death, and restore him to the inheritance of the land, where he might worship the Lord God of his fathers, of which he was now deprived.

2 Samuel 14:16 In-Context

14 Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.

15 “And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant’s request.

16 Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’

17 “And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you.’ ”

18 Then the king said to the woman, “Don’t keep from me the answer to what I am going to ask you.” “Let my lord the king speak,” the woman said.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 34:9; S 1 Samuel 26:19