13 The woman said , " Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God ? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty , in that the king does not bring back his banished one .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:13

Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:1-20

(Read 2 Samuel 14:1-20)

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 from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.