2 Samuel 14:5

Listen to 2 Samuel 14:5
5 Y el rey dijo: 驴Qu茅 tienes? Y ella respondi贸: Yo a la verdad soy una mujer viuda y mi marido es muerto.

2 Samuel 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:5

And the king said unto her, what aileth thee?
&c.] Or what is thy case? What is the condition, and what the circumstances, that thou art in, which require help and assistance? intimating that he was ready to grant it on knowledge thereof; however, he was ready to hear what she had to say:

and she answered, I [am] indeed a widow woman;
of a truth a widow, as the Targum; she was really one, a widow indeed, as in ( 1 Timothy 5:3 1 Timothy 5:5 ) ; not one that was separated from her husband, he being alive, or divorced from him on any account; and therefore she adds,

and mine husband is dead;
and has been a long time; this she said to move the pity and compassion of the king, who, as the supreme magistrate in God's stead, was a Father of the fatherless, and the judge of the widow.

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2 Samuel 14:5 In-Context

3 y entrando al rey, habla con 茅l de esta manera. Y puso Joab las palabras en su boca.
4 Entr贸 pues aquella mujer de Tecoa al rey, y postr谩ndose en tierra sobre su rostro ador贸, y dijo: Oh rey, salve.
5 Y el rey dijo: 驴Qu茅 tienes? Y ella respondi贸: Yo a la verdad soy una mujer viuda y mi marido es muerto.
6 Y tu sierva ten铆a dos hijos y los dos ri帽eron en el campo; y no habiendo quien los separase, hiri贸 el uno al otro, y lo mat贸.
7 Y he aqu铆 toda la parentela se ha levantado contra tu sierva, diciendo: Entrega al que mat贸 a su hermano, para que le hagamos morir por la vida de su hermano a quien 茅l mat贸, y quitemos tambi茅n el heredero. As铆 apagar谩n el ascua que me ha quedado, no dejando a mi marido nombre ni reliquia sobre la tierra.
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