2 Samuel 14:5

וַיֹּֽאמֶר ־ לָהּ הַמֶּלֶךְ מַה ־ לָּךְ וַתֹּאמֶר אֲבָל אִשָּֽׁה ־ אַלְמָנָה אָנִי וַיָּמָת אִישִֽׁי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

4וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה הַתְּקֹעִית אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ וַתִּפֹּל עַל ־ אַפֶּיהָ אַרְצָה וַתִּשְׁתָּחוּ וַתֹּאמֶר הוֹשִׁעָה הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃ ס

6וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ שְׁנֵי בָנִים וַיִּנָּצוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם בַּשָּׂדֶה וְאֵין מַצִּיל בֵּֽינֵיהֶם וַיַּכּוֹ הָאֶחָד אֶת ־ הָאֶחָד וַיָּמֶת אֹתֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 38:19וַתָּקָם וַתֵּלֶךְ וַתָּסַר צְעִיפָהּ מֵעָלֶיהָ וַתִּלְבַּשׁ בִּגְדֵי אַלְמְנוּתָֽהּ ׃

2 Samuel 12:1וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוָה אֶת ־ נָתָן אֶל ־ דָּוִד וַיָּבֹא אֵלָיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ שְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים הָיוּ בְּעִיר אֶחָת אֶחָד עָשִׁיר וְאֶחָד רָֽאשׁ ׃

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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