ESV Reformation Study Bible – 2 Sam 14:14
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2 Sam 14:14

14:14 God will not take away life, and he devises means. The woman seems to mean that God does not desire to take away lives, but is ready to see the banishment ended. Some translations read that ‘‘God will not take away the life of someone who arranges for a banishment to end.”