2 Samuel 14:12-13
12 And the woman said, Let thy bondmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Speak. 13 And the woman said, Why then hast thou thought such a thing against God's people? and the king in saying this thing, is as one guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:12-13
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.