King James Version
2 Samuel 14:8 in the King James Version says “And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.”
2 Samuel 14:8 · KJV
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. none: Heb. no deliverer between them
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. upon: Heb. upon the face of the earth
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
And the king said, Whosoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to thine house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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