So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman answered and said, “As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab commanded me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.
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The hand of Joab. —The king immediately sees through the woman’s disguise and understands the stratagem. He knew Joab as “wily and…
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
And the king said, [is not] the hand of Joab with you in all
this ?
&c.] That is, is …
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott