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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 20:16 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
2Sa 20:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Then cried [07121] a wise [02450] woman [0802] out of the city [05892], Hear [08085], hear [08085]; say [0559], I pray you, unto Joab [03097], Come near [07126] hither, that I may speak [01696] with thee. |
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King James |
Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
A WISE WOMAN SAVES THE CITY BY SHEBA'S HEAD. (Sa2 20:16-22)
Then cried a wise woman--The appeal of this woman, who, like Deborah, was probably a judge or governess of the place, was a strong one. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Then cried a wise woman - It seems none of all the men of Abel, offered to treat with Joab: no, not when they were reduced to extremity: but one wise woman saved the city. Souls know no difference of sex: many a manly heart is lodged in a female breast. Nor is the treasure of wisdom the less valuable, for being lodged in the weaker vessel. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A wise woman - She was probably governess. |
16 Then cried [07121] a wise [02450] woman [0802] out of the city [05892], Hear [08085], hear [08085]; say [0559], I pray you, unto Joab [03097], Come near [07126] hither, that I may speak [01696] with thee.
17 And when he was come near [07126] unto her, the woman [0802] said [0559], Art thou Joab [03097]? And he answered [0559], I am he. Then she said [0559] unto him, Hear [08085] the words [01697] of thine handmaid [0519]. And he answered [0559], I do hear [08085].
18 Then she spake [0559], saying [0559], They were wont [01696] to speak [01696] in old time [07223], saying [0559], They shall surely [07592] ask [07592] counsel at Abel [059]: and so they ended [08552] the matter.
19 I am one of them that are peaceable [07999] and faithful [0539] in Israel [03478]: thou seekest [01245] to destroy [04191] a city [05892] and a mother [0517] in Israel [03478]: why wilt thou swallow up [01104] the inheritance [05159] of the LORD [03068]?
20 And Joab [03097] answered [06030] and said [0559], Far be it [02486], far be it [02486] from me, that I should swallow up [01104] or destroy [07843].
21 The matter [01697] is not so: but a man [0376] of mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], Sheba [07652] the son [01121] of Bichri [01075] by name [08034], hath lifted up [05375] his hand [03027] against the king [04428], even against David [01732]: deliver [05414] him only, and I will depart [03212] from the city [05892]. And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto Joab [03097], Behold, his head [07218] shall be thrown [07993] to thee over [01157] the wall [02346].
22 Then the woman [0802] went [0935] unto all the people [05971] in her wisdom [02451]. And they cut off [03772] the head [07218] of Sheba [07652] the son [01121] of Bichri [01075], and cast [07993] it out to Joab [03097]. And he blew [08628] a trumpet [07782], and they retired [06327] from the city [05892], every man [0376] to his tent [0168]. And Joab [03097] returned [07725] to Jerusalem [03389] unto the king [04428].