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The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;
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David's Royal Discernment
Commentators highlight King David's immediate and sharp perception. Despite the woman's elaborate story, he instantly saw through the disguise and correctly identified his general, Joab, as the true architect of the plea. This demonstrates David's wisdom and experience as a ruler.
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2 Samuel
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19th Century
Bishop
The hand of Joab. —The king immediately sees through the woman’s disguise and understands the stratagem. He knew Joab as “wily and…
17th Century
Pastor
And the king said, [is not] the hand of Joab with you in all
this ?
&c.] That is, is …
17th Century
Minister
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…