2 Samuel 14:17

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.

Ver. 17. The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable.] As binding upon the arguments aforegoing, I am bold to believe, and dare say as much.

For as an angel of God, &c.] Both for dexterity and integrity. This is her last argument a laude Davidis, from the high price she set upon David, and the excessive praise she giveth him, the better to insinuate. She knew that ηδιστον ακουσμα εταινος, a man's own commendation is the sweetest hearing, a and the way to curry favour.

a Xenophon.