2 Samuel 14:4
When the woman from Tekoa went to see the king, she bowed facedown to the ground in respect, and said, “Please help me, Your Majesty!”
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3Then go to the king and tell him this.” Joab told her what to say.
5“What's the matter?” the king asked her. “Sadly I'm a widow. My husband is dead,” she replied.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:23When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, and bowed before him, her face to the ground.
2 Samuel 14:22Joab bowed down with his face to the ground in respect, and blessed the king. “Today,” said Joab, “I, your servant, know that you approve of me, Your Majesty, because you have granted my request.”
Job 29:12because I gave to the poor who called out to me and the orphans who had no one to help them.
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 →