2 Samuel 14

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  1 H3097 Now Joab H1121 the son H6870 of Zeruiah H3045 [H8799] perceived H4428 that the king's H3820 heart H53 was toward Absalom.
  2 H3097 And Joab H7971 [H8799] sent H8620 to Tekoah H3947 [H8799] , and brought H2450 from there a wise H802 woman H559 [H8799] , and said H56 [H8693] to her, I pray thee, pretend to be a mourner H3847 [H8798] , and put on H60 now mourning H899 apparel H5480 [H8799] , and anoint H8081 not thyself with oil H802 , but be as a woman H7227 that had a long H3117 time H56 [H8690] mourned H4191 [H8801] for the dead:
  3 H935 [H8804] And come H4428 to the king H1696 [H8765] , and speak H1697 in this manner H3097 to him. So Joab H7760 [H8799] put H1697 the words H6310 in her mouth.
  4 H802 And when the woman H8621 of Tekoah H559 [H8799] spoke H4428 to the king H5307 [H8799] , she fell H639 on her face H776 to the ground H7812 [H8691] , and did obeisance H559 [H8799] , and said H3467 [H8685] , Help H4428 , O king.
  5 H4428 And the king H559 [H8799] said H559 [H8799] to her, What aileth thee? And she answered H61 , I am indeed H490 a widow H802 woman H376 , and my husband H4191 [H8799] is dead.
  6 H8198 And thy handmaid H8147 had two H1121 sons H8147 , and they two H5327 [H8735] strove together H7704 in the field H5337 [H8688] , and there was none to part H259 them, but the one H5221 [H8686] smote H259 the other H4191 [H8686] , and slew him.
  7 H4940 And, behold, the whole family H6965 [H8804] hath risen H8198 against thy handmaid H559 [H8799] , and they said H5414 [H8798] , Deliver H5221 [H8688] him that smote H251 his brother H4191 [H8686] , that we may kill H5315 him, for the life H251 of his brother H2026 [H8804] whom he slew H8045 [H8686] ; and we will destroy H3423 [H8802] the heir H3518 [H8765] also: and so they shall quench H1513 my coal H7760 [H8800] which is left H7604 [H8738] , and shall not leave H376 to my husband H8034 neither name H7611 nor remainder H6440 upon H127 the earth.
  8 H4428 And the king H559 [H8799] said H802 to the woman H3212 [H8798] , Go H1004 to thy house H6680 [H8762] , and I will issue an order concerning thee.
  9 H802 And the woman H8621 of Tekoah H559 [H8799] said H4428 to the king H113 , My lord H4428 , O king H5771 , the iniquity H1 be on me, and on my father's H1004 house H4428 : and the king H3678 and his throne H5355 be guiltless.
  10 H4428 And the king H559 [H8799] said H1696 [H8764] , Whoever saith H935 [H8689] any thing to thee, bring H5060 [H8800] him to me, and he shall not touch H3254 [H8686] thee any more.
  11 H559 [H8799] Then said H4428 she, I pray thee, let the king H2142 [H8799] remember H3068 the LORD H430 thy God H1350 [H8802] , that thou wouldest not permit the avenger H1818 of blood H7843 [H8763] to destroy H7235 [H8687] any more H8045 [H8686] , lest they destroy H1121 my son H559 [H8799] . And he said H3068 , As the LORD H2416 liveth H8185 , there shall not one hair H1121 of thy son H5307 [H8799] fall H776 to the earth.
  12 H802 Then the woman H559 [H8799] said H8198 , Let thy handmaid H1696 [H8762] , I pray thee, speak H1697 one word H113 to my lord H4428 the king H559 [H8799] . And he said H1696 [H8761] , Say on.
  13 H802 And the woman H559 [H8799] said H2803 [H8804] , Why then hast thou thought H5971 such a thing against the people H430 of God H4428 ? for the king H1696 [H8693] doth speak H1697 this thing H818 as one who is faulty H4428 , in that the king H7725 [H8687] doth not bring home again H5080 [H8737] his banished.
  14 H4191 [H8800] For we must needs H4191 [H8799] die H4325 , and are as water H5064 [H8737] spilt H776 on the ground H622 [H8735] , which cannot be gathered up again H430 ; neither doth God H5375 [H8799] respect H5315 any person H2803 [H8804] : yet doth he devise H4284 means H5080 [H8737] , that his banished H5080 [H8799] be not driven out from him.
  15 H935 [H8804] Now therefore that I have come H1696 [H8763] to speak H1697 of this thing H113 to my lord H4428 the king H5971 , it is because the people H3372 [H8765] have made me afraid H8198 : and thy handmaid H559 [H8799] said H1696 [H8762] , I will now speak H4428 to the king H4428 ; it may be that the king H6213 [H8799] will perform H1697 the request H519 of his handmaid.
  16 H4428 For the king H8085 [H8799] will hear H5337 [H8687] , to deliver H519 his handmaid H3709 from the hand H376 of the man H8045 [H8687] that would destroy H1121 me and my son H3162 together H5159 out of the inheritance H430 of God.
  17 H8198 Then thy handmaid H559 [H8799] said H1697 , The word H113 of my lord H4428 the king H4496 shall now be comforting H4397 : for as an angel H430 of God H113 , so is my lord H4428 the king H8085 [H8800] to discern H2896 good H7451 and bad H3068 : therefore the LORD H430 thy God will be with thee.
  18 H4428 Then the king H6030 [H8799] answered H559 [H8799] and said H802 to the woman H3582 [H8762] , Hide H1697 not from me, I pray thee, the thing H7592 [H8802] that I shall ask H802 thee. And the woman H559 [H8799] said H113 , Let my lord H4428 the king H1696 [H8762] now speak.
  19 H4428 And the king H559 [H8799] said H3027 , Is not the hand H3097 of Joab H802 with thee in all this? And the woman H6030 [H8799] answered H559 [H8799] and said H5315 , As thy soul H2416 liveth H113 , my lord H4428 the king H376 , none H786 can H3231 [H8687] turn to the right hand H8041 [H8687] or to the left H113 from any thing that my lord H4428 the king H1696 [H8765] hath spoken H5650 : for thy servant H3097 Joab H6680 [H8765] , he ordered H7760 [H8804] me, and he put H1697 all these words H6310 in the mouth H8198 of thy handmaid:
  20 H5668 To H5437 [H8763] bring about H6440 this change H1697 of affairs H5650 hath thy servant H3097 Joab H6213 [H8804] done H1697 this thing H113 : and my lord H2450 is wise H2451 , according to the wisdom H4397 of an angel H430 of God H3045 [H8800] , to know H776 all things that are on the earth.
  21 H4428 And the king H559 [H8799] said H3097 to Joab H6213 [H8804] , Behold now, I have done H1697 this thing H3212 [H8798] : go H7725 0 therefore, bring H5288 the young man H53 Absalom H7725 [H8685] again.
  22 H3097 And Joab H5307 [H8799] fell H776 to the ground H6440 on his face H7812 [H8691] , and bowed H1288 [H8762] himself, and thanked H4428 the king H3097 : and Joab H559 [H8799] said H3117 , To day H5650 thy servant H3045 [H8804] knoweth H4672 [H8804] that I have found H2580 grace H5869 in thy sight H113 , my lord H4428 , O king H4428 , in that the king H6213 [H8804] hath fulfilled H1697 the request H5650 of his servant.
  23 H3097 So Joab H6965 [H8799] arose H3212 [H8799] and went H1650 to Geshur H935 [H8686] , and brought H53 Absalom H3389 to Jerusalem.
  24 H4428 And the king H559 [H8799] said H5437 [H8735] , Let him turn H1004 to his own house H7200 [H8799] , and let him not see H6440 my face H53 . So Absalom H5437 [H8735] returned H1004 to his own house H7200 [H8804] , and saw H4428 not the king's H6440 face.
  25 H3478 But in all Israel H376 there was none H3966 to be so much H1984 [H8763] praised H53 as Absalom H3303 for his beauty H3709 : from the sole H7272 of his foot H6936 even to the crown of his head H3971 there was no blemish in him.
  26 H1548 [H8763] And when he cut the hair of H7218 his head H3117 , (for it was at every year's H7093 end H1548 [H8762] that he cut H3513 [H8804] it: because the hair was heavy H1548 [H8765] on him, therefore he cut H8254 [H8804] it:) he weighed H8181 the hair H7218 of his head H3967 at two hundred H8255 shekels H4428 after the king's H68 weight.
  27 H53 And to Absalom H3205 [H8735] there were born H7969 three H1121 sons H259 , and one H1323 daughter H8034 , whose name H8559 was Tamar H802 : she was a woman H3303 of a fair H4758 countenance.
  28 H53 So Absalom H3427 [H8799] dwelt H3117 two full H8141 years H3389 in Jerusalem H7200 [H8804] , and saw H4428 not the king's H6440 face.
  29 H53 Therefore Absalom H7971 [H8799] sent H3097 for Joab H7971 [H8800] , that he might send H4428 him to the king H14 [H8804] ; but he would H935 [H8800] not come H7971 [H8799] to him: and when he sent again H8145 the second time H14 [H8804] , he would H935 [H8800] not come.
  30 H559 [H8799] Therefore he said H5650 to his servants H7200 [H8798] , See H3097 , Joab's H2513 field H413 is near H3027 mine H8184 , and he hath barley H3212 [H8798] there; go H3341 [H8685] and set H784 it on fire H53 . And Absalom's H5650 servants H3341 [H8686] set H2513 the field H784 on fire.
  31 H3097 Then Joab H6965 [H8799] arose H935 [H8799] , and came H53 to Absalom H1004 to his house H559 [H8799] , and said H5650 to him, Why have thy servants H3341 [H8689] set H2513 my field H784 on fire?
  32 H53 And Absalom H559 [H8799] answered H3097 Joab H7971 [H8804] , Behold, I sent H559 [H8800] to thee, saying H935 [H8798] , Come H7971 [H8799] here, that I may send H4428 thee to the king H559 [H8800] , to say H935 [H8804] , Why am I come H1650 from Geshur H2896 ? it had been good H7200 [H8799] for me had I been there still: now therefore let me see H4428 the king's H6440 face H3426 ; and if there is H5771 any iniquity H4191 [H8689] in me, let him kill me.
  33 H3097 So Joab H935 [H8799] came H4428 to the king H5046 [H8686] , and told H7121 [H8799] him: and when he had called H53 for Absalom H935 [H8799] , he came H4428 to the king H7812 [H8691] , and bowed H639 himself on his face H776 to the ground H6440 before H4428 the king H4428 : and the king H5401 [H8799] kissed H53 Absalom.