2 Samuel 14:3
And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 23:5And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
2 Samuel 14:19And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:
Isaiah 51:16And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.
Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:2-21
Joab's Stratagem in Absalom's Favour; The Art of Joab. ( b. c. 1029.) 1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: 3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. 4 And when the woman… Read the whole commentary →