The iniquity be on me ... - Compare the principle in Genesis 9:5-6 and Numbers 35:30-34. The woman therefore says that if there is any guilt…

The iniquity be on me —i.e., if there is any wrong in so condoning blood-guiltiness, let the responsibility rest on me. A…

And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, my lord and king ,
&c.] With much vehemence, and yet with great respect, f…

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…