2 Samuel 14:19

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab in all this matter with you? and the woman said to the king, As your soul lives, my lord, O king, + 14:19 Gr. If there is, etc. there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:

In Context

18And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray you, the matter which I ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak.

20In order that this form of speech might come about it was that your servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as is the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.

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Cross References

Exodus 4:15And you shall speak to him; and you shall put my words into his mouth, and I will open your mouth and his mouth, and I will instruct you in what you⌃ shall do.

Deuteronomy 5:32And you⌃ shall take heed to do as the Lord your God commanded you; you⌃ shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left,

Joshua 1:7Be strong, therefore, and quit yourself like a man, to observe and do as Moses my servant commanded you; and you shall not turn + 1:7 Gr. from them, sc. the commands. therefrom to the right hand or to the left, that you may be wise in whatever you may do.

1 Samuel 17:55And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abener the captain of the host, Whose son is this youth? and Abener said, As your soul lives, O King, I know not.

1 Samuel 25:26And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood, and + 25:26 Gr. saving your hand for yourself. from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal.

2 Samuel 3:29+ 3:29 Gr. Lit. them. ( sc. bloods) meet Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be lacking of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread.

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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