John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 14:18

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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 king answered and said unto the woman, etc.] Understanding plainly what she meant by all this, that the case she brought was a feigned one, and that the intention of it was to let him know the sense of the people with respect to Absalom, and the recall of him: hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee; he suspected that this was not a scheme of her own, but some considerable person had formed it, and made use of her to execute it, which was what he desired to know: and the woman said, let my lord the king now speak; ask what question he pleases, I am ready to answer.

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