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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:15

Because the people have made me afraid. — The woman here seeks to excuse her boldness in addressing the king by the pressure brought to bear upon her from without; but whether she means this in regard to what she has said of Absalom, or of her own. affairs, is very doubtful. In the former case the people would mean the nation generally; in the latter, her own family connections. Certainly in the next verse she returns to her own affairs to keep up the pretence of reality; but here there seems to be an intentional and studied ambiguity.

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See also 2 Samuel 14:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID - She pretends still that her suit was a real one, and that she was in fear of the people (“the whole family,” 2 Samuel 14:7) setting upon her and her son....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    4. DAVID AND ABSALOM CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Joab's scheme (2 Samuel 14:1)_ 2. The woman of Tekoah before the king (2 Samuel 14:4) 3. Joab brings Absalom to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 14:21) 4. A

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 SAMUEL 14. THE RETURN OF ABSALOM (J). 2 SAMUEL 14:1. Joab perceives the king's longing for his son (p. 67), and sends to him a woman of Tekoa (p. 31), about 5 miles S. of Beth-lehem, with a trumped...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Now therefore_, &c. Simply, AND NOW. There seems to be a studied ambiguity about this verse. If "the people" means the family who had demanded the surrender of her son, she is artfully returning to h...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEN THE WOMAN SAID, &C.— The woman, having so far gained her point, begged leave to say one word further; and, having obtained permission, immediately proceeded, 2 Samuel 14:13 to expostulate with th...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    5. Absalom's Exile Ended, 2 Samuel 14:1-33. _Joab and the Woman of Tekoah._ 2 Samuel 14:1-20 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart _was_ toward Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Teko...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NOW THEREFORE THAT I AM COME TO SPEAK OF THIS THING UNTO MY LORD THE KING, IT IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID: AND THY HANDMAID SAID, I WILL NOW SPEAK UNTO THE KING; IT MAY BE THAT THE KING...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ABSALOM'S RETURN FROM GESHUR After waiting for two years, Absalom forces Joab to use his influence to bring about a reconciliation between him and his father....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PEOPLE] i.e. her family. The woman still keeps to her fictitious tale....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 14 JOAB PLANS TO BRING ABSALOM BACK TO JERUSALEM V1 Joab, the son of Zeruiah, knew that King David was constantly thinking about A...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ֠ עַתָּה אֲשֶׁר ־בָּ֜אתִי לְ דַבֵּ֨ר אֶל

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JOAB'S PLEA FOR THE FUGITIVE 2 Samuel 14:1 Joab had ends of his own to serve in securing the return of Absalom. Were the two sworn together to hatch a great plot? Or was Absalom shrewdly using Joab t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Opinions widely differ over why Joab set himself to bring Absalom back. The most probable reason- is that he "perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom." There is certainly a strange fascinat...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people (i) have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Before the people. Hebrew also, "through fear, or respect for the people," who generally wished that Absalom might return. (Haydock) --- Joab was present, (ver. 21) and no doubt many others; who, if...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (12) Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. (13) And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 THROUGH 20. David's partiality for Absalom had yet other and more painful results, and heavy chastisements. It is painful to see the conqueror of Goliath d...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NOW THEREFORE THAT I AM COME TO SPEAK OF THIS THING UNTO MY LORD THE KING,.... Of the case of Absalom, under a feigned one of hers: [IT IS] BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID; having heard of the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the ki...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Now, therefore, that I am come_, &c. “But here, apprehending she might have gone too far, and made too free with majesty, in expostulating so plainly upon a point of such importance, she excused this...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ioab, suborning a widow of Tekoah, by a parable to incline the Kings heart to fetch home Absalom, bringeth him to Hierusalem. 25 Absaloms beautie, haire, and children. 28 After two yeres, Absalom...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Now, therefore, that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid, namely, by their demand to deliver her son to the avenger of blood; AND THY H...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE WISE WOMAN OF TEKOAH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    David's concern for Absalom became known to Joab. Joab was a man not too concerned about truth and justice, but rather about the outward prosperity of the kingdom of Israel, for he knew that his own p...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of hi...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IT IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID; the truth is, I was even forced to this bold address to thee by the disposition and condition of thy people, who are discontented at Absalom's perpetual b...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 14:15 come H935 (H8804) speak H1696 (H8763) thing H1697 lord H113 king H4428 people H5971 afraid...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The recall of Absalom and David's forgiveness. CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Absalom, woman of Tekoah, Tamar. CONCLUSION: If we let private affections stand in the way of public duty (See...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Samuel 14:2. _Tekoah;_ a city of Judah, twelve miles south of Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 11:6. 2 Samuel 14:6. _The one smote the other,_ probably with some weapon, or sharp instrument. The lord Ellenbo...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman._ THE PARABLE OF THE WOMAN OF TEKOA The contrast between this parable and the one preceding it is very great. The parable of the ewe-lamb was spoken of by...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:8 Perhaps David already suspects that Joab is involved in the woman’s coming to him, so he deliberately uses the vague word ANYONE in v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 14:1. “NOW JOAB,” etc. Most commentators attribute Joab’s action in this matter to motives of self-interest. It appears highly probably that Absalom was now th...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 14:1 THE KING'S HEART WAS TOWARD ABSALOM. Again there is a diversity of view as to the right rendering. The preposition does not usually mean "toward," but "against," and is so re...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Joab realizing that David is proud and stubborn and really wants to see his son, but won't make the first move, got hold of a widow woman in Tekoah, and he said to her, Now you go and tell David th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 14:15...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The people — The truth is, I was even forced to this bold address to thee by the disposition of thy people, who are discontented at Absalom's perpetual banishment, lest, if Absalom by his father — in...

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