2 Samuel 14:2

² So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner , and put on mourning garments now , and do not anoint yourself with oil , but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days ;

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:2

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.