Having at last obtained what she wanted—the king’s oath that her son would not die—she proceeds to the case of Absalom. The meaning of [Reference 2…

Then the woman said, let your handmaid, I pray you, speak
[one] word unto my Lord the king…

We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy and His clemency toward poor, guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment f…