Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 14:21
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2 Samuel14:21
21 ¶ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing : go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
In compliance with thy desire: although in truth it was according to his own desire. He overlooks the Woman in this grant, because she was but Ioab's Instrument in it.
By which expression he mitigates his Crime, as being an act of youthful heat, and folly, and rashness.
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