The whole family... — This indicates that all the king’s sons, and the entire court, were against Absalom. The knowledge of this opposition …

We will destroy the heir also. —The woman puts this into the mouth of the family, because this would be the result of what they pr…

And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid ,
&c.] Who had sheltered her son, that slew his brothe…

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…