2 Samuel 14

1 ♥ 📝 N ow Joab^H3097 the son^H1121 of Zeruiah^H6870 perceived^H3045 that the king's^H4428 heart^H3820 was toward Absalom.^H53

2 ♥ 📝 And Joab^H3097 sent^H7971 to Tekoa,^H8620 and fetched^H3947 thence a wise^H2450 woman,^H802 and said^H559 unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner,^H56 and put on^H3847 mourning^H60 apparel,^H899 I pray thee, and anoint^H5480 not thyself with oil,^H8081 but be as a woman^H802 that hath a long^H7227 time^H3117 mourned^H56 for the dead:^H4191

3 ♥ 📝 and go^H935 in to the king,^H4428 and speak^H1696 on this manner^H1697 unto him. So Joab^H3097 put^H7760 the words^H1697 in her mouth.^H6310

4 ♥ 📝 And when the woman^H802 of Tekoa^H8621 spake^H559 to the king,^H4428 she fell^H5307 on 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 aileth thee? And she answered,^H559 Of a truth^H61 I^H802 am a widow,^H490 and my 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 to part^H5337 them, but the one^H259 smote^H5221 the other,^H259 and killed^H4191 him.

7 ♥ 📝 And, behold, the whole family^H4940 is risen^H6965 against thy handmaid,^H8198 and they say,^H559 Deliver^H5414 him that smote^H5221 his brother,^H251 that we may kill^H4191 him for the life^H5315 of his brother^H251 whom he slew,^H2026 and so destroy^H8045 the heir^H3423 also. Thus will they quench^H3518 my coal^H1513 which is left,^H7760 and will leave^H7760 to my husband^H376 neither name^H8034 nor remainder^H7611 upon^H6440 the face of the earth.^H127

8 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto the woman,^H802 Go^H3212 to thy house,^H1004 and I will give charge^H6680 concerning thee.

9 ♥ 📝 And the woman^H802 of Tekoa^H8621 said^H559 unto the king,^H4428 My lord,^H113 O king,^H4428 the iniquity^H5771 be on me, and on 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 thee, bring^H935 him to me, and he shall not touch^H5060 thee any more.^H3254

11 ♥ 📝 Then said^H559 she, I pray thee, let the king^H4428 remember^H2142 Jehovah^H3068 thy God,^H430 that the avenger^H1350 of blood^H1818 destroy^H7843 not any more,^H7235 lest they destroy^H8045 my son.^H1121 And he said,^H559 As Jehovah^H3068 liveth,^H2416 there shall not one hair^H8185 of thy son^H1121 fall^H5307 to the earth.^H776

12 ♥ 📝 Then the woman^H802 said,^H559 Let thy handmaid,^H8198 I pray thee, speak^H1696 a word^H1697 unto my lord^H113 the king.^H4428 And he said,^H559 Say on.^H1696

13 ♥ 📝 And the woman^H802 said,^H559 Wherefore then hast thou devised^H2803 such a thing against the people^H5971 of God?^H430 for in speaking^H1696 this word^H1697 the king^H4428 is as one that is guilty,^H818 in that the king^H4428 doth not fetch home again^H7725 his banished^H5080 one.

14 ♥ 📝 For we must needs^H4191 die,^H4191 and are as water^H4325 spilt^H5064 on the ground,^H776 which cannot be gathered up again;^H622 neither doth God^H430 take away^H5375 life,^H5315 but deviseth^H2803 means,^H4284 that he that is banished^H5080 be not an outcast^H5080 from him.

15 ♥ 📝 Now therefore seeing that I am come^H935 to speak^H1696 this word^H1697 unto my lord^H113 the king,^H4428 it is because the people^H5971 have made me afraid:^H3372 and thy handmaid^H8198 said,^H559 I will now speak^H1696 unto the king;^H4428 it may be that the king^H4428 will perform^H6213 the request^H1697 of his servant.^H519

16 ♥ 📝 For the king^H4428 will hear,^H8085 to deliver^H5337 his servant^H519 out of the hand^H3709 of the man^H376 that would destroy^H8045 me and my son^H1121 together^H3162 out of the inheritance^H5159 of God.^H430

17 ♥ 📝 Then thy handmaid^H8198 said,^H559 Let, I pray thee, the word^H1697 of my lord^H113 the king^H4428 be comfortable;^H4496 for as an angel^H4397 of God,^H430 so is my lord^H113 the king^H4428 to discern^H8085 good^H2896 and bad:^H7451 and Jehovah^H3068 thy God^H430 be with thee.

18 ♥ 📝 Then the king^H4428 answered^H6030 and said^H559 unto the woman,^H802 Hide^H3582 not from me, I pray thee, aught^H1697 that I shall ask^H7592 thee. And the woman^H802 said,^H559 Let my lord^H113 the king^H4428 now speak.^H1696

19 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said,^H559 Is the hand^H3027 of Joab^H3097 with thee in all this? And the woman^H802 answered^H6030 and said,^H6030 As thy soul^H5315 liveth,^H2416 my lord^H113 the king,^H4428 none^H376 can^H786 turn to the right hand^H3231 or to the left^H8041 from aught that my lord^H113 the king^H4428 hath spoken;^H1696 for thy servant^H5650 Joab,^H3097 he bade^H6680 me, and he put^H7760 all these words^H1697 in the mouth^H6310 of thy handmaid;^H8198

20 ♥ 📝 to^H5668 change^H5437 the face^H6440 of the matter^H1697 hath thy servant^H5650 Joab^H3097 done^H6213 this thing:^H1697 and my lord^H113 is wise,^H2450 according to the wisdom^H2451 of an angel^H4397 of God,^H430 to know^H3045 all things that are in the earth.^H776

21 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto Joab,^H3097 Behold now, I have done^H6213 this thing:^H1697 go^H3212 therefore, bring^H7725 the young man^H5288 Absalom^H53 back.^H7725

22 ♥ 📝 And Joab^H3097 fell^H5307 to the ground^H776 on his face,^H6440 and did obeisance,^H7812 and blessed^H1288 the king:^H4428 and Joab^H3097 said,^H559 To-day^H3117 thy servant^H5650 knoweth^H3045 that I have found^H4672 favor^H2580 in thy sight,^H5869 my lord,^H113 O king,^H4428 in that the king^H4428 hath performed^H6213 the request^H1697 of his servant.^H5650

23 ♥ 📝 So Joab^H3097 arose^H6965 and went^H3212 to Geshur,^H1650 and brought^H935 Absalom^H53 to Jerusalem.^H3389

24 ♥ 📝 And the king^H4428 said,^H559 Let him turn^H5437 to his own house,^H1004 but let him not see^H7200 my face.^H6440 So Absalom^H53 turned^H5437 to his own house,^H1004 and saw^H7200 not the king's^H4428 face.^H6440

25 ♥ 📝 Now in all Israel^H3478 there was none^H376 to be so much^H3966 praised^H1984 as Absalom^H53 for his beauty:^H3303 from the sole^H3709 of his foot^H7272 even to the crown of his head^H6936 there was no blemish^H3971 in him.

26 ♥ 📝 And when he cut^H1548 the hair of his head^H7218 (now it was at every year's^H3117 end^H7093 that he cut^H1548 it; because it was heavy^H3513 on him, therefore he cut^H1548 it); he weighed^H8254 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 was a woman^H802 of a fair^H3303 countenance.^H4758

28 ♥ 📝 And Absalom^H53 dwelt^H3427 two full^H3117 years^H8141 in Jerusalem;^H3389 and he saw^H7200 not the king's^H4428 face.^H6440

29 ♥ 📝 Then Absalom^H53 sent^H7971 for Joab,^H3097 to send^H7971 him to the king;^H4428 but he would^H14 not come^H935 to him: and he sent again^H7971 a second time,^H8145 but he would^H14 not come.^H935

30 ♥ 📝 Therefore he said^H559 unto his servants,^H5650 See,^H7200 Joab's^H3097 field^H2513 is near^H413 mine,^H3027 and he hath barley^H8184 there; go^H3212 and set^H3341 it on fire.^H784 And Absalom's^H53 servants^H5650 set^H3341 the field^H2513 on fire.^H784

31 ♥ 📝 Then Joab^H3097 arose,^H6965 and came^H935 to Absalom^H53 unto his house,^H1004 and said^H559 unto him, Wherefore have thy servants^H5650 set^H3341 my field^H2513 on fire?^H784

32 ♥ 📝 And Absalom^H53 answered^H559 Joab,^H3097 Behold, I sent^H7971 unto thee, saying,^H559 Come^H935 hither, that I may send^H7971 thee to the king,^H4428 to say,^H559 Wherefore am I come^H935 from Geshur?^H1650 it were better^H2896 for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see^H7200 the king's^H4428 face;^H6440 and if there be^H3426 iniquity^H5771 in me, let him kill^H4191 me.

33 ♥ 📝 So Joab^H3097 came^H935 to the king,^H4428 and told^H5046 him; and when he had called^H7121 for Absalom,^H53 he came^H935 to the king,^H4428 and bowed^H7812 himself on his face^H639 to the ground^H776 before^H6440 the king:^H4428 and the king^H4428 kissed^H5401 Absalom.^H53