2 Samuel 14:5

“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

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In The King James Version

And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

In Context

4When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

6And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:19Then Tamar got up and departed. And she removed her veil and put on her widow’s garments again.

2 Samuel 12:1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

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 →

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