2 Samuel 14:13

13 Ella contestó:
—¿Por qué no hace por el pueblo de Dios lo mismo que prometió hacer por mí? Se ha declarado culpable a sí mismo al tomar esta decisión, porque ha rehusado traer a casa a su propio hijo desterrado.

2 Samuel 14:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:13

Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the
people of God?
&c.] That they would be so wicked as to slay my son, or that they are the people of God that would slay Absalom; people so cruel could not be reckoned such, as the king's sons; so Abarbinel; who gives it as the sense of Ephodaeus, that by the people of God are meant Absalom, and his men; or Absalom only, one man being sometimes called people, ( Exodus 21:8 ) ; and she expostulates with the king how he could entertain such a thought, as to seek to take away his life, when he had so fully expressed himself in her case on behalf of her son, who had slain his brother; or rather the meaning is, why he should think of doing such a thing as this, so contrary to the will of the people of Israel, the people of God, who would be greatly offended and grieved at it; so contrary to their wishes, which were to see him fetched back from an Heathenish court and country, where he was in danger of being corrupted, and to be restored to his father's favour and to his country, that he might be upon the spot at his death, to succeed in the throne and kingdom; for the provocation that Absalom had to kill Amnon had greatly lessened the evil in the esteem of the people:

for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty:
he contradicts and condemns himself, in swearing that her son who had killed his brother should not die, nor an hair of his head be hurt, but should be in the utmost safety; and yet he sought to put his own son to death for a like crime, as the next clause explains it:

in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished;
meaning Absalom, who was in a foreign country, an exile, ( 2 Samuel 13:34 ) , and in danger of falling into idolatry; not daring to come home, lest his father should order him to be put to death; and which he might justly fear he would, should he return without leave, since he sought not by any means to fetch him back.

2 Samuel 14:13 In-Context

11 Luego ella dijo:
—Por favor, júreme por el Señor
su Dios que no dejará que nadie tome venganza contra mi hijo. No quiero más derramamiento de sangre.
—Tan cierto como que el Señor
vive —le respondió—, ¡no se tocará ni un solo cabello de la cabeza de tu hijo!

12 —Por favor, permítame preguntar una cosa más a mi señor el rey —dijo ella.
—Adelante, habla —respondió él.

13 Ella contestó:
—¿Por qué no hace por el pueblo de Dios lo mismo que prometió hacer por mí? Se ha declarado culpable a sí mismo al tomar esta decisión, porque ha rehusado traer a casa a su propio hijo desterrado.

14 Todos moriremos algún día. Nuestra vida es como agua derramada en el suelo, la cual no se puede volver a juntar. Pero Dios no arrasa con nuestra vida, sino que idea la manera de traernos de regreso cuando hemos estado separados de él.

15 »He venido a rogarle a mi señor el rey porque la gente me ha amenazado. Me dije: “Tal vez el rey me escuche