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2 Samuel 14:1 (NLT) New Living Translation

1 Joab realized how much the king longed to see Absalom.
2 So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, "Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don't put on lotions. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
3 Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you." Then Joab told her what to say.
4 When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, "O king! Help me!"
5 "What's the trouble?" the king asked."Alas, I am a widow!" she replied. "My husband is dead.
6 My two sons had a fight out in the field. And since no one was there to stop it, one of them was killed.
7 Now the rest of the family is demanding, 'Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn't deserve to inherit his family's property.' They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband's name and family will disappear from the face of the earth."
8 "Leave it to me," the king told her. "Go home, and I'll see to it that no one touches him."
9 "Oh, thank you, my lord the king," the woman from Tekoa replied. "If you are criticized for helping me, let the blame fall on me and on my father's house, and let the king and his throne be innocent."
10 "If anyone objects," the king said, "bring him to me. I can assure you he will never complain again!"
11 Then she said, "Please swear to me by the LORD your God that you won't let anyone take vengeance against my son. I want no more bloodshed." "As surely as the LORD lives," he replied, "not a hair on your son's head will be disturbed!"
12 "Please allow me to ask one more thing of my lord the king," she said."Go ahead and speak," he responded.
13 She replied, "Why don't you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.
14 All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him.
15 "I have come to plead with my lord the king because people have threatened me. I said to myself, 'Perhaps the king will listen to me
16 and rescue us from those who would cut us off from the inheritance God has given us.
17 Yes, my lord the king will give us peace of mind again.' I know that you are like an angel of God in discerning good from evil. May the LORD your God be with you."
18 "I must know one thing," the king replied, "and tell me the truth." "Yes, my lord the king," she responded.
19 "Did Joab put you up to this?" And the woman replied, "My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide anything from you. Yes, Joab sent me and told me what to say.
20 He did it to place the matter before you in a different light. But you are as wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything that happens among us!"
21 So the king sent for Joab and told him, "All right, go and bring back the young man Absalom."
22 Joab bowed with his face to the ground in deep respect and said, "At last I know that I have gained your approval, my lord the king, for you have granted me this request!"
23 Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
24 But the king gave this order: "Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence." So Absalom did not see the king.
25 Now Absalom was praised as the most handsome man in all Israel. He was flawless from head to foot.
26 He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds!
27 He had three sons and one daughter. His daughter's name was Tamar, and she was very beautiful.
28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years, but he never got to see the king.
29 Then Absalom sent for Joab to ask him to intercede for him, but Joab refused to come. Absalom sent for him a second time, but again Joab refused to come.
30 So Absalom said to his servants, "Go and set fire to Joab's barley field, the field next to mine." So they set his field on fire, as Absalom had commanded.
31 Then Joab came to Absalom at his house and demanded, "Why did your servants set my field on fire?"
32 And Absalom replied, "Because I wanted you to ask the king why he brought me back from Geshur if he didn't intend to see me. I might as well have stayed there. Let me see the king; if he finds me guilty of anything, then let him kill me."
33 So Joab told the king what Absalom had said. Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.
1 Now Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 perceived H3045 W-VQY3MS that H3588 CONJ the king H4428 D-NMS \'s heart H3820 NMS was toward H5921 PREP Absalom H53 .
2 And Joab H3097 sent H7971 W-VQY3MS to Tekoah H8620 , and fetched H3947 W-VQY3MS thence H8033 M-ADV a wise H2450 woman H802 NFS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3FS her , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , feign thyself to be a mourner H56 , and put on H3847 now H4994 IJEC mourning H60 apparel H899 , and anoint H5480 not H408 W-NPAR thyself with oil H8081 NMS , but be H1961 as a woman H802 that H2088 DPRO had a long H7227 AMP time H3117 NMP mourned H56 for H5921 PREP the dead H4191 :
3 And come H935 to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , and speak H1696 on H413 PREP-3MS this H2088 D-PMS manner H1697 unto H413 PREP him . So Joab H3097 put H7760 W-VQY3MS the words H1697 AMP in her mouth H6310 .
4 And when the woman H802 D-NFS of Tekoah H8621 spoke H559 W-VQY3FS to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , she fell H5307 W-VQY3FS on H5921 PREP her face H639 to the ground H776 NFS-3FS , and did obeisance H7812 , and said H559 W-VQY3FS , Help H3467 , O king H4428 .
5 And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 unto her , What H4100 IPRO aileth thee ? And she answered H559 W-VQY3FS , I H589 PPRO-1MS am indeed H61 a widow H490 NFS woman H802 NFS , and mine husband H376 is dead H4191 W-VQY3MS .
6 And thy handmaid H8198 had two H8147 ONUM sons H1121 NMP , and they two H8147 ONUM-3MP strove together H5327 in the field H7704 B-NMS , and there was none H369 W-NPAR to part H5337 them , but the one H259 smote H5221 the other H259 , and slew H4191 him .
7 And , behold H2009 IJEC , the whole H3605 family H4940 is risen H6965 against H5921 PREP thine handmaid H8198 , and they said H559 , Deliver H5414 him that smote H5221 his brother H251 CMS-3MS , that we may kill H4191 him , for the life H5315 B-CFS of his brother H251 CMS-3MS whom H834 RPRO he slew H2026 ; and we will destroy H8045 the heir H3423 also H1571 CONJ : and so they shall quench H3518 my coal H1513 which H834 RPRO is left H7604 , and shall not H1115 L-NPAR leave H7604 to my husband H376 neither name H8034 CMS nor remainder H7611 upon H5921 PREP the earth H127 D-NFS .
8 And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the woman H802 D-NFS , Go H1980 to thine house H1004 , and I H589 W-PPRO-1MS will give charge H6680 concerning H5921 thee .
9 And the woman H802 D-NFS of Tekoah H8621 said H559 W-VQY3FS unto H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , My lord H113 , O king H4428 D-NMS , the iniquity H5771 be on H5921 PREP-1MS me , and on H5921 W-PREP my father H1 CMS-1MS \'s house H1004 CMS : and the king H4428 and his throne H3678 be guiltless H5355 .
10 And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Whosoever saith H1696 aught unto H413 thee , bring H935 him to H413 PREP-1MS me , and he shall not H3808 W-NPAR touch H5060 thee any H3254 VHY3MS more H5750 ADV .
11 Then said H559 W-VQY3MS she , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , let the king H4428 D-NMS remember H2142 the LORD H3068 EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS , that thou wouldest not H3808 W-NPAR suffer the revengers H1350 of blood H1818 to destroy H7843 L-VPFC any more H7235 , lest they destroy H8045 my son H1121 NMS-1MS . And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , As the LORD H3068 EDS liveth H2416 AMS , there shall not H518 PART one hair H8185 of thy son H1121 NMS-1MS fall H5307 VQY3MS to the earth H776 NFS-3FS .
12 Then the woman H802 D-NFS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Let thine handmaid H8198 , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , speak H1696 one word H1697 VQPMS unto H413 PREP my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS . And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Say on H1696 .
13 And the woman H802 D-NFS said H559 W-VQY3FS , Wherefore H4100 WL-IGAT then hast thou thought H2803 such H2063 a thing against H5921 PREP the people H5971 NMS of God H430 EDP ? for the king H4428 D-NMS doth speak H1696 this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS as one which is faulty H818 , in that the king H4428 D-NMS doth not H1115 L-NPAR fetch home again H7725 his banished H5080 .
14 For H3588 CONJ we must needs die H4191 VQFA , and are as water H4325 spilt H5064 on the ground H776 NFS-3FS , which H834 RPRO cannot H3808 NADV be gathered up H622 again ; neither H3808 ADV doth God H430 EDP respect H5375 VQY3MS any person H5315 GFS : yet doth he devise H2803 means H4284 , that his banished H5080 be not expelled H5080 from H4480 M-PREP-3MS him .
15 Now H6258 W-ADV therefore that H834 RPRO I am come H935 to speak H1696 of this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS unto H413 PREP my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS , it is because H3588 CONJ the people H5971 have made me afraid H3372 : and thy handmaid H8198 said H559 W-VQY3FS , I will now H4994 IJEC speak H1696 VPI1MS unto H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS ; it may be H194 ADV that the king H4428 D-NMS will perform H6213 VQY3MS the request H1697 CMS of his handmaid H519 .
16 For H3588 CONJ the king H4428 D-NMS will hear H8085 VQY3MS , to deliver H5337 L-VHFC his handmaid H519 out of the hand H3709 M-CFS of the man H376 D-NMS that would destroy H8045 me and my son H1121 NMS-1MS together H3162 ADV out of the inheritance H5159 of God H430 NAME-4MP .
17 Then thine handmaid H8198 said H559 W-VQY3FS , The word H1697 CMS of my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS shall now H4994 IJEC be H1961 VPY3MS comfortable H4496 : for H3588 CONJ as an angel H4397 of God H430 D-NMP , so H3651 ADV is my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS to discern H8085 good H2896 D-NMS and bad H7451 : therefore the LORD H3068 W-EDS thy God H430 CMP-2MS will be H1961 VPY3MS with H5973 PREP-2FS thee .
18 Then the king H4428 D-NMS answered H6030 W-VQY3MS and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP the woman H802 D-NFS , Hide H3582 not H408 NPAR from H4480 M-PREP-1MS me , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , the thing H1697 VQPMS that H834 RPRO I H595 PPRO-1MS shall ask H7592 thee . And the woman H802 D-NFS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Let my lord H113 the king H4428 now H4994 IJEC speak H1696 VPY3MS .
19 And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Is not the hand H3027 of Joab H3097 with H854 PART-2MS thee in all H3605 NMS this H2063 DPRO ? And the woman H802 D-NFS answered H6030 and said H559 W-VQY3MS , As thy soul H5315 liveth H2416 , my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS , none can turn H518 PART to the right H3231 hand or to the left H8041 from aught H3605 NMS that H834 RPRO my lord H113 the king H4428 D-NMS hath spoken H1696 VPQ3MS : for H3588 CONJ thy servant H5650 Joab H3097 , he H1931 PPRO-3MS bade H6680 me , and he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS put H7760 VQQ3MS all H3605 NMS these H428 words H1697 AMP in the mouth H6310 B-CMS of thine handmaid H8198 :
20 To H5668 fetch about H5437 this form H6440 CMP of speech H1697 D-NMS hath thy servant H5650 Joab H3097 done H6213 VQQ3MS this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS : and my lord H113 is wise H2450 AMS , according to the wisdom H2451 of an angel H4397 of God H430 D-EDP , to know H3045 L-VQFC all H3605 NMS things that H834 RPRO are in the earth H776 B-GFS .
21 And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP Joab H3097 , Behold H2009 IJEC now H4994 IJEC , I have done H6213 VQQ1MS this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 D-NMS : go H1980 therefore , bring H7725 VHFA the young man H5288 Absalom H53 again .
22 And Joab H3097 fell H5307 W-VQY3MS to the ground H776 NFS-3FS on H413 PREP his face H6440 CMP-3MS , and bowed himself H7812 , and thanked H1288 W-VNY3MS the king H4428 D-NMS : and Joab H3097 said H559 W-VQY3MS , Today H3117 D-AMS thy servant H5650 knoweth H3045 VQQ3MS that H3588 CONJ I have found H4672 VQQ1MS grace H2580 NMS in thy sight H5869 , my lord H113 , O king H4428 D-NMS , in that H834 RPRO the king H4428 D-NMS hath fulfilled H6213 VQQ3MS the request H1697 CMS of his servant H5650 .
23 So Joab H3097 arose H6965 W-VQY3MS and went H1980 W-VQY3MS to Geshur H1650 , and brought H935 W-VHY3MS Absalom H53 to Jerusalem H3389 .
24 And the king H4428 D-NMS said H559 W-VQY3MS , Let him turn H5437 to H413 PREP his own house H1004 NMS-3MS , and let him not H3808 NADV see H7200 VQY3MS my face H6440 . So Absalom H53 returned H5437 to H413 PREP his own house H1004 NMS-3MS , and saw H7200 not H3808 NADV the king H4428 D-NMS \'s face H6440 W-CMP .
25 But in all H3605 B-CMS Israel H3478 there was H1961 VQQ3MS none H3808 NADV to be so much H3966 ADV praised H1984 as Absalom H53 for his beauty H3303 : from the sole H3709 M-CFS of his foot H7272 CFS-3MS even to H5704 W-PREP the crown of his head H6936 there was H1961 VQQ3MS no H3808 NADV blemish H3971 in him .
26 And when he polled H1548 his head H7218 CMS-3MS , (for it was H1961 W-VQQ3MS at every year\'s end H7093 M-CMS that H834 RPRO he polled H1548 it : because H3588 CONJ the hair was heavy H3513 on H5921 PREP-3MS him , therefore he polled H1548 it : ) he weighed H8254 the hair H8181 of his head H7218 CMS-3MS at two hundred H3967 MFD shekels H8255 after the king H4428 \'s weight H68 .
27 And unto Absalom H53 there were born H3205 three H7969 sons H1121 NMP , and one H259 OFS daughter H1323 , whose name H8034 was Tamar H8559 : she H1931 PPRO-3FS was H1961 VQQ3FS a woman H802 NFS of a fair H3303 CFS countenance H4758 .
28 So Absalom H53 dwelt H3427 W-VQY3MS two full years H8141 NFD in Jerusalem H3389 , and saw H7200 not H3808 NADV the king H4428 D-NMS \'s face H6440 W-CMP .
29 Therefore Absalom H53 sent H7971 W-VQY3MS for H413 PREP Joab H3097 , to have sent H7971 him to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS ; but he would H14 not H3808 W-NPAR come H935 L-VQFC to H413 PREP-3MS him : and when he sent H7971 W-VQY3MS again H5750 ADV the second time H8145 CFS , he would H14 not H3808 W-NPAR come H935 .
30 Therefore he said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP his servants H5650 , See H7200 , Joab H3097 \'s field H2513 is near H413 PREP mine H3027 CFS-1MS , and he hath barley H8184 there H8033 ADV ; go H1980 VQI2MP and set H3341 it on fire H784 . And Absalom H53 \'s servants H5650 set H3341 the field H2513 on fire H784 .
31 Then Joab H3097 arose H6965 W-VQY3MS , and came H935 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP Absalom H53 unto his house H1004 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS him , Wherefore H4100 L-IPRO have thy servants H5650 set H3341 my field H2513 on fire H784 ?
32 And Absalom H53 answered H559 W-VQY3MS Joab H3097 , Behold H2009 IJEC , I sent H7971 unto H413 PREP thee , saying H559 W-VQY3MS , Come H935 hither H2008 ADV , that I may send H7971 thee to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , to say H559 W-VQY3MS , Wherefore H4100 L-IPRO am I H589 PPRO-1MS come H935 from Geshur H1650 ? it had been good H2896 AMS for me to have been there H8033 ADV still H5750 ADV : now H6258 W-ADV therefore let me see H7200 VQY1MS the king H4428 D-NMS \'s face H6440 CMP ; and if H518 W-PART there be H3426 ADV any iniquity H5771 NMS in me , let him kill H4191 me .
33 So Joab H3097 came H935 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , and told H5046 him : and when he had called H7121 W-VQY3MS for H413 PREP Absalom H53 , he came H935 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS , and bowed H7812 himself on H5921 PREP his face H639 to the ground H776 NFS-3FS before H6440 L-CMP the king H4428 D-NMS : and the king H4428 D-NMS kissed H5401 Absalom H53 .
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