: , F any turnings or windings to the right or left hand, bur he quickly away (the Future Tenſe oft noting a continued a&t, as Hebricians ob- |ſearcheth our thetruth in every thing : ſo (it is a folly to diſſemble,
offended with thee,
18 Then the King anſwered and ſaid unto the We- man, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I (hall ask thee. And the woman ſaid, Let my lord the king now ſpezk,
i9 And the king faid, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this p? And the woman anſwered, and ſaid, As thy foul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to che right hand, orto the left, from ought that my lord the king, hath ſpoken 9q: for thy ſervant Joab he bade me, and he pur all theſe words in the mouth of thine handmaid r: | ;
2 Haſt thou not ſaid and done this by Joat's direQion and con- trivance? 9g As the King is fo wiſe that no man can deceive him by
or £0 about to conceal it ) it 15 even ſo, thou haſt now diſcovered the truth of this buſineſs. r To wit, for the ſcope and ſubſtance
wereto be varied as the King's anſwer gave occaſion, which allo ſhe did with ſingular prudence. 20 To
"ha
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t Heb. and as 7 ſalom thy Was 70t beautiſu man in Jrael to priſe geatly,
? Heb. ſme,
Chap. XIV. IL SE IR. | 20 To fetch about this form of ſpeech { hath thy the King, bur alſo attempt high things, not without danger to the
ſervant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wife, ac- %ing and Kingdom, as it happened.
cording to the wiſdom of an angel of God, to knowall | _ 32. Therefor e he ſaid unto his Servants, See, Joabs 1b5ugs that are in the earth 7. field is Fnear mine, and he hath barley there ; {go and T
ſt. e. To propoſe mine, and his, and the Peoples deſire of A4bſa- ſer it on fire g: and Abſaloms ſervants ſet the field on lo''s reſtitution in this parabolical manner, in mine, and my Sons | fire, | at 4 Perſon. r Or. inthis Land, in all thy Kingdom ; all the Counſels' & That 7oab may be forced to come to me to complain of, and
and Devices of thy Subje&s,which have any relation to thee or thy demand reparations for his Injury. Athirs. 3I Then Joab aroſe and came to Abſalom unto his
21 And "the king {aid unto Joab, Behold now, houſe, and ſaid unto him, Wherefore have thy ſervants T have done this thing «: go therefore, bring the young - ſer my field on fire ? | man x Abſalom again. J « In compliance with thy deſire : although in truth it was ac- FR. -- = A_ -- pag "_ —_— Iſent unto cording to his own deſire. He overlooks the woman in this grant, ,. aying, Come hither that 1 may lend thee to the becauſe ſhe was but Jeab's Inftrument in it. x By which expreſſion king, co ſay, Wherefore am I come from Geſhur? he mitigates his Crime, as being an a& of youthful hear, and folly 4ad been good for me to beve been there ſtill 6: now therefore let me ſee the kings face : and if there be any
and raſhneſs. : 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and. iniquity in me, let him kill me 5. + rather than here,becauſe my eſtrangement from himnow when
| Clap. XV.