2 Samuel 14:1

And Joab the son of Sarvia, understanding that the king's heart was turned to Absalom,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:18And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael: now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods.

2 Samuel 18:33The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:4And the king covered his head, and cried with a loud voice: O my son Absalom, O Absalom my son, O my son.

Proverbs 29:26Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one cometh forth 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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