2 Samuel 14

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  1 H3097 Now Joab H1121 the son H6870 of Zeruiah H3045 perceived [H8799]   H4428 that the king's H3820 heart H53 was toward Absalom.
  2 H3097 And Joab H7971 sent [H8799]   H8620 to Tekoah H3947 , and fetched [H8799]   H2450 thence a wise H802 woman H559 , and said [H8799]   H56 unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner [H8693]   H3847 , and put on [H8798]   H60 now mourning H899 apparel H5480 , and anoint [H8799]   H8081 not thyself with oil H802 , but be as a woman H7227 that had a long H3117 time H56 mourned [H8690]   H4191 for the dead [H8801]  :
  3 H935 And come [H8804]   H4428 to the king H1696 , and speak [H8765]   H1697 on this manner H3097 unto him. So Joab H7760 put [H8799]   H1697 the words H6310 in her mouth.
  4 H802 And when the woman H8621 of Tekoah H559 spake [H8799]   H4428 to the king H5307 , she fell [H8799]   H639 on her face H776 to the ground H7812 , and did obeisance [H8691]   H559 , and said [H8799]   H3467 , Help [H8685]   H4428 , O king.
  5 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799]   H559 unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered [H8799]   H61 , I am indeed H490 a widow H802 woman H376 , and mine husband H4191 is dead [H8799]  .
  6 H8198 And thy handmaid H8147 had two H1121 sons H8147 , and they two H5327 strove together [H8735]   H7704 in the field H5337 , and there was none to part [H8688]   H259 them, but the one H5221 smote [H8686]   H259 the other H4191 , and slew [H8686]   him.
  7 H4940 And, behold, the whole family H6965 is risen [H8804]   H8198 against thine handmaid H559 , and they said [H8799]   H5414 , Deliver [H8798]   H5221 him that smote [H8688]   H251 his brother H4191 , that we may kill [H8686]   H5315 him, for the life H251 of his brother H2026 whom he slew [H8804]   H8045 ; and we will destroy [H8686]   H3423 the heir [H8802]   H3518 also: and so they shall quench [H8765]   H1513 my coal H7760 which is left [H8800]   H7604 , and shall not leave [H8738]   H376 to my husband H8034 neither name H7611 nor remainder H6440 upon H127 the earth.
  8 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799]   H802 unto the woman H3212 , Go [H8798]   H1004 to thine house H6680 , and I will give charge [H8762]   concerning thee.
  9 H802 And the woman H8621 of Tekoah H559 said [H8799]   H4428 unto 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 said [H8799]   H1696 , Whosoever saith [H8764]   H935 ought unto thee, bring [H8689]   H5060 him to me, and he shall not touch [H8800]   H3254 thee any more [H8686]  .
  11 H559 Then said [H8799]   H4428 she, I pray thee, let the king H2142 remember [H8799]   H3068 the LORD H430 thy God H1350 , that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers [H8802]   H1818 of blood H7843 to destroy [H8763]   H7235 any more [H8687]   H8045 , lest they destroy [H8686]   H1121 my son H559 . And he said [H8799]   H3068 , As the LORD H2416 liveth H8185 , there shall not one hair H1121 of thy son H5307 fall [H8799]   H776 to the earth.
  12 H802 Then the woman H559 said [H8799]   H8198 , Let thine handmaid H1696 , I pray thee, speak [H8762]   H1697 one word H113 unto my lord H4428 the king H559 . And he said [H8799]   H1696 , Say on [H8761]  .
  13 H802 And the woman H559 said [H8799]   H2803 , Wherefore then hast thou thought [H8804]   H5971 such a thing against the people H430 of God H4428 ? for the king H1696 doth speak [H8693]   H1697 this thing H818 as one which is faulty H4428 , in that the king H7725 doth not fetch home again [H8687]   H5080 his banished [H8737]  .
  14 H4191 For we must needs [H8800]   H4191 die [H8799]   H4325 , and are as water H5064 spilt [H8737]   H776 on the ground H622 , which cannot be gathered up again [H8735]   H430 ; neither doth God H5375 respect [H8799]   H5315 any person H2803 : yet doth he devise [H8804]   H4284 means H5080 , that his banished [H8737]   H5080 be not expelled [H8799]   from him.
  15 H935 Now therefore that I am come [H8804]   H1696 to speak [H8763]   H1697 of this thing H113 unto my lord H4428 the king H5971 , it is because the people H3372 have made me afraid [H8765]   H8198 : and thy handmaid H559 said [H8799]   H1696 , I will now speak [H8762]   H4428 unto the king H4428 ; it may be that the king H6213 will perform [H8799]   H1697 the request H519 of his handmaid.
  16 H4428 For the king H8085 will hear [H8799]   H5337 , to deliver [H8687]   H519 his handmaid H3709 out of the hand H376 of the man H8045 that would destroy [H8687]   H1121 me and my son H3162 together H5159 out of the inheritance H430 of God.
  17 H8198 Then thine handmaid H559 said [H8799]   H1697 , The word H113 of my lord H4428 the king H4496 shall now be comfortable H4397 : for as an angel H430 of God H113 , so is my lord H4428 the king H8085 to discern [H8800]   H2896 good H7451 and bad H3068 : therefore the LORD H430 thy God will be with thee.
  18 H4428 Then the king H6030 answered [H8799]   H559 and said [H8799]   H802 unto the woman H3582 , Hide [H8762]   H1697 not from me, I pray thee, the thing H7592 that I shall ask [H8802]   H802 thee. And the woman H559 said [H8799]   H113 , Let my lord H4428 the king H1696 now speak [H8762]  .
  19 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799]   H3027 , Is not the hand H3097 of Joab H802 with thee in all this? And the woman H6030 answered [H8799]   H559 and said [H8799]   H5315 , As thy soul H2416 liveth H113 , my lord H4428 the king H376 , none H786 can H3231 turn to the right hand [H8687]   H8041 or to the left [H8687]   H113 from ought that my lord H4428 the king H1696 hath spoken [H8765]   H5650 : for thy servant H3097 Joab H6680 , he bade [H8765]   H7760 me, and he put [H8804]   H1697 all these words H6310 in the mouth H8198 of thine handmaid:
  20 H5668 To H5437 fetch about [H8763]   H6440 this form H1697 of speech H5650 hath thy servant H3097 Joab H6213 done [H8804]   H1697 this thing H113 : and my lord H2450 is wise H2451 , according to the wisdom H4397 of an angel H430 of God H3045 , to know [H8800]   H776 all things that are in the earth.
  21 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799]   H3097 unto Joab H6213 , Behold now, I have done [H8804]   H1697 this thing H3212 : go [H8798]   H7725 therefore, bring H5288 the young man H53 Absalom H7725 again [H8685]  .
  22 H3097 And Joab H5307 fell [H8799]   H776 to the ground H6440 on his face H7812 , and bowed [H8691]   H1288 himself, and thanked [H8762]   H4428 the king H3097 : and Joab H559 said [H8799]   H3117 , To day H5650 thy servant H3045 knoweth [H8804]   H4672 that I have found [H8804]   H2580 grace H5869 in thy sight H113 , my lord H4428 , O king H4428 , in that the king H6213 hath fulfilled [H8804]   H1697 the request H5650 of his servant.
  23 H3097 So Joab H6965 arose [H8799]   H3212 and went [H8799]   H1650 to Geshur H935 , and brought [H8686]   H53 Absalom H3389 to Jerusalem.
  24 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799]   H5437 , Let him turn [H8735]   H1004 to his own house H7200 , and let him not see [H8799]   H6440 my face H53 . So Absalom H5437 returned [H8735]   H1004 to his own house H7200 , and saw [H8804]   H4428 not the king's H6440 face.
  25 H3478 But in all Israel H376 there was none H3966 to be so much H1984 praised [H8763]   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 And when he polled [H8763]   H7218 his head H3117 , (for it was at every year's H3117   H7093 end H1548 that he polled [H8762]   H3513 it : because the hair was heavy [H8804]   H1548 on him, therefore he polled [H8765]   H8254 it:) he weighed [H8804]   H8181 the hair H7218 of his head H3967 at two hundred H8255 shekels H4428 after the king's H68 weight.
  27 H53 And unto Absalom H3205 there were born [H8735]   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 dwelt [H8799]   H3117 two full H8141 years H3389 in Jerusalem H7200 , and saw [H8804]   H4428 not the king's H6440 face.
  29 H53 Therefore Absalom H7971 sent [H8799]   H3097 for Joab H7971 , to have sent [H8800]   H4428 him to the king H14 ; but he would [H8804]   H935 not come [H8800]   H7971 to him: and when he sent again [H8799]   H8145 the second time H14 , he would [H8804]   H935 not come [H8800]  .
  30 H559 Therefore he said [H8799]   H5650 unto his servants H7200 , See [H8798]   H3097 , Joab's H2513 field H413 is near H3027 mine H8184 , and he hath barley H3212 there; go [H8798]   H3341 and set [H8685]   H784 it on fire H53 . And Absalom's H5650 servants H3341 set [H8686]   H2513 the field H784 on fire.
  31 H3097 Then Joab H6965 arose [H8799]   H935 , and came [H8799]   H53 to Absalom H1004 unto his house H559 , and said [H8799]   H5650 unto him, Wherefore have thy servants H3341 set [H8689]   H2513 my field H784 on fire?
  32 H53 And Absalom H559 answered [H8799]   H3097 Joab H7971 , Behold, I sent [H8804]   H559 unto thee, saying [H8800]   H935 , Come [H8798]   H7971 hither, that I may send [H8799]   H4428 thee to the king H559 , to say [H8800]   H935 , Wherefore am I come [H8804]   H1650 from Geshur H2896 ? it had been good H7200 for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see [H8799]   H4428 the king's H6440 face H3426 ; and if there be H5771 any iniquity H4191 in me, let him kill [H8689]   me.
  33 H3097 So Joab H935 came [H8799]   H4428 to the king H5046 , and told [H8686]   H7121 him: and when he had called [H8799]   H53 for Absalom H935 , he came [H8799]   H4428 to the king H7812 , and bowed [H8691]   H639 himself on his face H776 to the ground H6440 before H4428 the king H4428 : and the king H5401 kissed [H8799]   H53 Absalom.