2 Samuel 14:15

¹⁵ "Now the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid ; so your maidservant said , 'Let me now speak to the king , perhaps the king will perform the request of his maidservant .

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:15

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.