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2 Samuel 14:2

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Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

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2 Samuel 14:2 in other translations

And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

2 Samuel 14:2 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 14:2 in context

  1. 1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
  2. 2Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
  3. 3Go in to the king, and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
  4. 4When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”