John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 14:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then the woman said, let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my Lord the king, etc.] Having gained her point, and gotten a decree from him confirmed by an oath, that her son though he had killed his brother should not die; she proceeds to accommodate the parable, and apply it to the case of Absalom, and improve it in his favour: and he said, say on; gave her leave to say what she had further to observe to him; (see <420740>Luke 7:40).

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