2 Samuel 14:7 meaning and explanation
Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”
2 Samuel 14:7, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the words of the wise woman of Tekoa, whom Joab coached to tell David a made up story so the king would see his own situation with Absalom in a new light. In her tale, her two sons fought and one killed the other.
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