2 Samuel 14:16
כִּי יִשְׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַצִּיל אֶת ־ אֲמָתוֹ מִכַּף הָאִישׁ לְהַשְׁמִיד אֹתִי וְאֶת ־ בְּנִי יַחַד מִֽנַּחֲלַת אֱלֹהִֽים ׃
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1 Samuel 26:19וְעַתָּה יִֽשְׁמַֽע ־ נָא אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֵת דִּבְרֵי עַבְדּוֹ אִם ־ יְהוָה הֱסִֽיתְךָ בִי יָרַח מִנְחָה וְאִם ׀ בְּנֵי הָאָדָם אֲרוּרִים הֵם לִפְנֵי יְהוָה כִּֽי ־ גֵרְשׁוּנִי הַיּוֹם מֵהִסְתַּפֵּחַ בְּנַחֲלַת יְהוָה לֵאמֹר לֵךְ עֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִֽים ׃
Proverbs 16:10קֶסֶם ׀ עַֽל ־ שִׂפְתֵי ־ מֶלֶךְ בְּמִשְׁפָּט לֹא יִמְעַל ־ פִּֽיו ׃
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 →