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2 Samuel 14:1 (ESV) English Standard Version

1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart went out to Absalom.
2 And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.
3 Go to the king and speak thus to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, "Save me, O king."
5 And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead.
6 And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.
7 And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.' And so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth."
8 Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you."
9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, "On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless."
10 The king said, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again."
11 Then she said, "Please let the king invoke the LORD your God, that the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed." He said, "As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."
12 Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak."
13 And the woman said, "Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again.
14 We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.
15 Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid, and your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
16 For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.'
17 And your servant thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,' for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The LORD your God be with you!"
18 Then the king answered the woman, "Do not hide from me anything I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."
19 The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered and said, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me; it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
20 In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth."
21 Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom."
22 And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage and blessed the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant."
23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24 And the king said, "Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence." So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did not come into the king's presence.
25 Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
26 And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king's weight.
27 There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
28 So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence.
29 Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come.
30 Then he said to his servants, "See, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
31 Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?"
32 Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent word to you, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still." Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.'"
33 Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
1 Now Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 perceived H3045 that H3588 the king's H4428 heart H3820 was toward H5921 Absalom. H53
2 And Joab H3097 sent H7971 to Tekoah, H8620 and fetched H3947 thence H4480 H8033 a wise H2450 woman, H802 and said H559 unto H413 her , I pray thee, H4994 feign thyself to be a mourner, H56 and put on H3847 now H4994 mourning H60 apparel, H899 and anoint H5480 not H408 thyself with oil, H8081 but be H1961 as a woman H802 that H2088 had a long H7227 time H3117 mourned H56 for H5921 the dead: H4191
3 And come H935 to H413 the king, H4428 and speak H1696 on H413 this H2088 manner H1697 unto H413 him . So Joab H3097 put H7760 H853 the words H1697 in her mouth. H6310
4 And when the woman H802 of Tekoah H8621 spoke H559 to H413 the king, H4428 she fell H5307 on H5921 her face H639 to the ground, H776 and did obeisance, H7812 and said, H559 Help, H3467 O king. H4428
5 And the king H4428 said H559 unto her, What H4100 aileth thee? And she answered, H559 I H589 am indeed H61 a widow H490 woman, H802 and mine husband H376 is dead. H4191
6 And thy handmaid H8198 had two H8147 sons, H1121 and they two H8147 strove together H5327 in the field, H7704 and there was none H369 to part H5337 H996 them , but the one H259 smote H5221 H853 the other, H259 and slew H4191 him.
7 And, behold, H2009 the whole H3605 family H4940 is risen H6965 against H5921 thine handmaid, H8198 and they said, H559 Deliver H5414 H853 him that smote H5221 his brother, H251 that we may kill H4191 him , for the life H5315 of his brother H251 whom H834 he slew; H2026 and we will destroy H8045 H853 the heir H3423 also: H1571 and so they shall quench H3518 H853 my coal H1513 which H834 is left, H7604 and shall not H1115 leave H7604 to my husband H376 neither name H8034 nor remainder H7611 upon H5921 H6440 the earth. H127
8 And the king H4428 said H559 unto H413 the woman, H802 Go H1980 to thine house, H1004 and I H589 will give charge H6680 concerning H5921 thee.
9 And the woman H802 of Tekoah H8621 said H559 unto H413 the king, H4428 My lord, H113 O king, H4428 the iniquity H5771 be on H5921 me , and on H5921 my father's H1 house: H1004 and the king H4428 and his throne H3678 be guiltless. H5355
10 And the king H4428 said, H559 Whosoever saith H1696 aught unto H413 thee, bring H935 him to H413 me , and he shall not H3808 touch H5060 thee any H3254 more. H5750
11 Then said H559 she , I pray thee, H4994 let the king H4428 remember H2142 H853 the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 that thou wouldest not H3808 suffer the revengers H1350 of blood H1818 to destroy H7843 any more, H7235 lest they destroy H8045 H853 my son. H1121 And he said, H559 As the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 there shall not H518 one hair H4480 H8185 of thy son H1121 fall H5307 to the earth. H776
12 Then the woman H802 said, H559 Let thine handmaid, H8198 I pray thee, H4994 speak H1696 one word H1697 unto H413 my lord H113 the king. H4428 And he said, H559 Say on. H1696
13 And the woman H802 said, H559 Wherefore H4100 then hast thou thought H2803 such H2063 a thing against H5921 the people H5971 of God H430 ? for the king H4428 doth speak H4480 H1696 this H2088 thing H1697 as one which is faulty, H818 in that the king H4428 doth not H1115 fetch home again H7725 H853 his banished. H5080
14 For H3588 we must needs die H4191 H4191 , and are as water H4325 spilt H5064 on the ground, H776 which H834 cannot H3808 be gathered up H622 again; neither H3808 doth God H430 respect H5375 any person: H5315 yet doth he devise H2803 means, H4284 that his banished H5080 be not expelled H5080 from H4480 him.
15 Now H6258 therefore that H834 I am come H935 to speak H1696 of H853 this H2088 thing H1697 unto H413 my lord H113 the king, H4428 it is because H3588 the people H5971 have made me afraid: H3372 and thy handmaid H8198 said, H559 I will now H4994 speak H1696 unto H413 the king; H4428 it may be H194 that the king H4428 will perform H6213 H853 the request H1697 of his handmaid. H519
16 For H3588 the king H4428 will hear, H8085 to deliver H5337 H853 his handmaid H519 out of the hand H4480 H3709 of the man H376 that would destroy H8045 me and my son H1121 together H3162 out of the inheritance H4480 H5159 of God. H430
17 Then thine handmaid H8198 said, H559 The word H1697 of my lord H113 the king H4428 shall now H4994 be H1961 comfortable: H4496 for H3588 as an angel H4397 of God, H430 so H3651 is my lord H113 the king H4428 to discern H8085 good H2896 and bad: H7451 therefore the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will be H1961 with H5973 thee.
18 Then the king H4428 answered H6030 and said H559 unto H413 the woman, H802 Hide H3582 not H408 from H4480 me , I pray thee, H4994 the thing H1697 that H834 I H595 shall ask H7592 thee . And the woman H802 said, H559 Let my lord H113 the king H4428 now H4994 speak. H1696
19 And the king H4428 said, H559 Is not the hand H3027 of Joab H3097 with H854 thee in all H3605 this H2063 ? And the woman H802 answered H6030 and said, H559 As thy soul H5315 liveth, H2416 my lord H113 the king, H4428 none can turn H518 H786 to the right H3231 hand or to the left H8041 from aught H4480 H3605 that H834 my lord H113 the king H4428 hath spoken: H1696 for H3588 thy servant H5650 Joab, H3097 he H1931 bade H6680 me , and he H1931 put H7760 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in the mouth H6310 of thine handmaid: H8198
20 To H5668 fetch about H5437 H853 this form H6440 of speech H1697 hath thy servant H5650 Joab H3097 done H6213 H853 this H2088 thing: H1697 and my lord H113 is wise, H2450 according to the wisdom H2451 of an angel H4397 of God, H430 to know H3045 H853 all H3605 things that H834 are in the earth. H776
21 And the king H4428 said H559 unto H413 Joab, H3097 Behold H2009 now, H4994 I have done H6213 H853 this H2088 thing: H1697 go H1980 therefore, bring H7725 H853 the young man H5288 Absalom H53 again.
22 And Joab H3097 fell H5307 to the ground H776 on H413 his face, H6440 and bowed himself, H7812 and thanked H1288 H853 the king: H4428 and Joab H3097 said, H559 Today H3117 thy servant H5650 knoweth H3045 that H3588 I have found H4672 grace H2580 in thy sight, H5869 my lord, H113 O king, H4428 in that H834 the king H4428 hath fulfilled H6213 H853 the request H1697 of his servant. H5650
23 So Joab H3097 arose H6965 and went H1980 to Geshur, H1650 and brought H935 H853 Absalom H53 to Jerusalem. H3389
24 And the king H4428 said, H559 Let him turn H5437 to H413 his own house, H1004 and let him not H3808 see H7200 my face. H6440 So Absalom H53 returned H5437 to H413 his own house, H1004 and saw H7200 not H3808 the king's H4428 face. H6440
25 But in all H3605 Israel H3478 there was H1961 none H3808 H376 to be so much H3966 praised H1984 as Absalom H53 for his beauty: H3303 from the sole H4480 H3709 of his foot H7272 even to H5704 the crown of his head H6936 there was H1961 no H3808 blemish H3971 in him.
26 And when he polled his head, H7218 (for it was H1961 at every year's end H4480 H7093 H3117 H3117 that H834 he polled H1548 it : because H3588 the hair was heavy H3513 on H5921 him , therefore he polled H1548 it:) he weighed the hair H8181 of his head H7218 at two hundred H3967 shekels H8255 after the king's H4428 weight. H68
27 And unto Absalom H53 there were born H3205 three H7969 sons, H1121 and one H259 daughter, H1323 whose name H8034 was Tamar: H8559 she H1931 was H1961 a woman H802 of a fair H3303 countenance. H4758
28 So Absalom H53 dwelt H3427 two full years H8141 H3117 in Jerusalem, H3389 and saw H7200 not H3808 the king's H4428 face. H6440
29 Therefore Absalom H53 sent H7971 for H413 Joab, H3097 to have sent H7971 him to H413 the king; H4428 but he would H14 not H3808 come H935 to H413 him : and when he sent H7971 again H5750 the second time, H8145 he would H14 not H3808 come. H935
30 Therefore he said H559 unto H413 his servants, H5650 See, H7200 Joab's H3097 field H2513 is near H413 mine, H3027 and he hath barley H8184 there; H8033 go H1980 and set H3341 it on fire. H784 And Absalom's H53 servants H5650 set H3341 H853 the field H2513 on fire. H784
31 Then Joab H3097 arose, H6965 and came H935 to H413 Absalom H53 unto his house, H1004 and said H559 unto H413 him, Wherefore H4100 have thy servants H5650 set H3341 H853 my field H2513 on fire H784 ?
32 And Absalom H53 answered H559 H413 Joab, H3097 Behold, H2009 I sent H7971 unto H413 thee, saying, H559 Come H935 hither, H2008 that I may send H7971 thee to H413 the king, H4428 to say, H559 Wherefore H4100 am I H589 come H935 from Geshur H4480 H1650 ? it had been good H2896 for me to have been there H8033 still: H5750 now H6258 therefore let me see H7200 the king's H4428 face; H6440 and if H518 there be H3426 any iniquity H5771 in me , let him kill H4191 me.
33 So Joab H3097 came H935 to H413 the king, H4428 and told H5046 him : and when he had called H7121 for H413 Absalom, H53 he came H935 to H413 the king, H4428 and bowed H7812 himself on H5921 his face H639 to the ground H776 before H6440 the king: H4428 and the king H4428 kissed H5401 Absalom. H53
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