2 Samuel 14:1

Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

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Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

In Context

2And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:18There were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel: and Asahel was as quick-footed as a roe of the fields.

2 Samuel 18:33Then the king was much moved, and went up into the room over the door, weeping, and saying, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! if only my life might have been given for yours, O Absalom, my son, my son!

2 Samuel 19:4But the king, covering his face, gave a great cry, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

Proverbs 29:26The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:1

How Absalom threw himself out of his royal father's protection and favour we read in the foregoing chapter, which left him an exile, outlawed, and proscribed; in this chapter we have the arts that were used to bring him and his father together again, and how, at last, it was done, which is here recorded to show the folly of David in sparing him and indulging him in his wickedness, for which he was soon after severely corrected by his unnatural rebellion. I. Joab, by bringing a feigned issue (as the lawyers speak)… Read the whole commentary →

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