2 Kings 14:15
Now therefore I am come, to speak this word to my lord the king before the people. And thy handmaid said: I will speak to the king, it maybe the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nunc igitur veni, ut loquar ad dominum meum regem verbum hoc, præsente populo. Et dixit ancilla tua : Loquar ad regem, si quomodo faciat rex verbum ancillæ suæ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ νῦν ὃ ἦλθον λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα κύριόν μου τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, ὅτι ὄψεταί με ὁ λαός, καὶ ἐρεῖ ὁ λαός σου Λαλησάτω δὴ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, εἴ πως ποιήσει ὁ βασιλεὺς τὸ ῥῆμα τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְ֠עַתָּה אֲשֶׁר בָּ֜אתִי לְדַבֵּ֨ר אֶל הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲדֹנִי֙ אֶת הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֥י יֵֽרְאֻ֖נִי הָעָ֑ם וַתֹּ֤אמֶר שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ אֲדַבְּרָה נָּ֣א אֶל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אוּלַ֛י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶת דְּבַ֥ר אֲמָתֽוֹ
Haydock's commentary
Before the people. Hebrew also, "through fear, or respect for the people," who generally wished that Absalom might return. (Haydock)
Joab was present, (ver. 21) and no doubt many others; who, if requisite, might join their prayers with hers. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.