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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 14:15 - King James

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2Sa 14:15 King James 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 will perform the request of his handmaid.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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," Sa2 14:7) setting upon her and her son.
 
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7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.