2 Samuel 14:2

So Joab sent word to Tekoa and had a wise woman brought to him. He said to her, “Please pretend you are a mourner and put on mourning clothes. Please do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.

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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:

In Context

1Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart desired to see Absalom.

3Then go to the king and speak to him about what I will describe.” So Joab told her the words she was to say to the king.

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Cross References

Ruth 3:3Therefore, wash yourself, anoint yourself, put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor. But do not make yourself known to the man until he finishes eating and drinking. + 3:3 The Hebrew text has, Put on your best piece of clothing . However, a marginal note instructs readers to read, Put on your best clothes. Translators are free to choose for themselves.

2 Samuel 12:20Then David arose from the floor and washed himself, anointed himself, and changed his clothes. He went to the tabernacle of Yahweh and worshiped there, and then he came back to his own palace. When he asked for it, they set food before him, and he ate.

2 Chronicles 11:6He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,

Nehemiah 3:5Next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their leaders refused to do the work ordered by their supervisors.

Psalms 104:15He makes wine to make man happy, 1 oil to make his face shine, 1 and food to sustain his life. 1

Jeremiah 6:1Find safety, people of Benjamin, by leaving Jerusalem. Blow a trumpet in Tekoa. 1 Raise up over Beth Hakkerem a signal, since wickedness is appearing from the north; a great crushing is coming. 1

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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