What Does 2 Samuel 14:8 Mean in the King James?
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The king sends the woman home while promising a command concerning her, so leaving his presence does not end his involvement.
THE MEANING
A return to your own place does not by itself mean your case has been dropped. The king sends you home and promises a charge concerning you, so his action reaches beyond the face-to-face appeal.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that leaving the room means the matter is abandoned dissolves here: the promised charge is still directed concerning you.
THE ROOT
אֲצַוֶּה
ʾatsavveh
GROWS FROM
צוה
Command, appoint, give charge.
“charge” in this verse is ʾatsavveh. David’s promise takes the form of an order he will issue concerning her. The same root yields a mitzvah, a commandment, and a tsav, a directive: his attention is expressed as authority put into words.
ALSO GROWS
mitzvah: Commandment, instruction.
מִצְוָה
It shows that this root can carry a directive beyond the moment it is spoken.
tsav: Command, directive.
צַו
It shares the root’s sense of an order given with authority, illuminating the king’s promised charge.
THE PATTERN
A spoken charge lets authority remain active in a matter after the petitioner leaves.
Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.THE THREAD
And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.The same root צוה appears in David’s command to his captains, and the KJV repeats “charge concerning”, there, concerning Absalom. The parallel gives the words in 14:8 the shape of a royal directive, though this verse leaves its content unstated.
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