WEB_Strongs(i)
1
H3097
Now Joab
H1121
the son
H6870
of Zeruiah
H3045
perceived
H4428
that the king's
H3820
heart
H53
was toward Absalom.
2
H3097
Joab
H7971
sent
H8620
to Tekoa,
H3947
and fetched
H2450
there a wise
H802
woman,
H559
and said
H56
to her, "Please act like a mourner,
H3847
and put on
H60
mourning
H899
clothing,
H5480
please, and don't anoint
H8081
yourself with oil,
H802
but be as a woman
H56
who has mourned
H7227
a long
H3117
time
H4191
for the dead.
3
H935
Go
H4428
in to the king,
H1696
and speak
H1697
like this
H3097
to him." So Joab
H7760
put
H1697
the words
H6310
in her mouth.
4
H802
When the woman
H8621
of Tekoa
H559
spoke
H4428
to the king,
H5307
she fell
H639
on her face
H776
to the ground,
H7812
showed respect,
H559
and said,
H3467
"Help,
H4428
O king!"
5
H4428
The king
H559
said
H559
to her, "What ails you?" She answered,
H61
"Truly
H802
I
H490
am a widow,
H376
and my husband
H4191
is dead.
6
H8198
Your handmaid
H8147
had two
H1121
sons,
H8147
and they both
H5327
fought together
H7704
in the field,
H5337
and there was no one to part
H259
them, but the one
H5221
struck
H259
the other,
H5221
and killed him.
7
H4940
Behold, the whole family
H6965
has risen
H8198
against your handmaid,
H559
and they say,
H5414
‘Deliver
H5221
him who struck
H251
his brother,
H4191
that we may kill
H5315
him for the life
H251
of his brother
H2026
whom he killed,
H8045
and so destroy
H3423
the heir
H3518
also.' Thus they would quench
H1513
my coal
H7760
which is left,
H7760
and would leave
H376
to my husband
H8034
neither name
H7611
nor remainder
H6440
on
H127
the surface of the earth."
8
H4428
The king
H559
said
H802
to the woman,
H3212
"Go
H1004
to your house,
H6680
and I will give a command concerning you."
9
H802
The woman
H8621
of Tekoa
H559
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
The king
H559
said,
H559
"Whoever says
H935
anything to you, bring
H5060
him to me, and he shall not touch
H3254
you any more."
11
H559
Then she said,
H4428
"Please let the king
H2142
remember
H3068
Yahweh
H430
your God,
H1350
that the avenger
H1818
of blood
H7843
destroy
H7235
not any more,
H8045
lest they destroy
H1121
my son."
H559
He said,
H3068
"As Yahweh
H2416
lives,
H8185
not one hair
H1121
of your son
H5307
shall fall
H776
to the earth."
12
H802
Then the woman
H559
said,
H8198
"Please let your handmaid
H1696
speak
H1697
a word
H113
to my lord
H4428
the king."
H559
He said,
H1696
"Say on."
13
H802
The woman
H559
said,
H2803
"Why then have you devised
H5971
such a thing against the people
H430
of God?
H1696
For in speaking
H1697
this word
H4428
the king
H818
is as one who is guilty,
H4428
in that the king
H7725
does not bring home again
H5080
his banished one.
14
H4191
For we must
H4191
die,
H4325
and are as water
H5064
spilled
H776
on the ground,
H622
which can't be gathered up again;
H430
neither does God
H5375
take away
H5315
life,
H2803
but devises
H4284
means,
H5080
that he who is banished
H5080
not be an outcast from him.
15
H935
Now therefore seeing that I have come
H1696
to speak
H1697
this word
H113
to my lord
H4428
the king,
H5971
it is because the people
H3372
have made me afraid:
H8198
and your handmaid
H559
said,
H1696
‘I will now speak
H4428
to the king;
H4428
it may be that the king
H6213
will perform
H1697
the request
H519
of his servant.'
16
H4428
For the king
H8085
will hear,
H5337
to deliver
H519
his servant
H3709
out of the hand
H376
of the man
H8045
who would destroy
H1121
me and my son
H3162
together
H5159
out of the inheritance
H430
of God.
17
H8198
Then your handmaid
H559
said,
H1697
‘Please let the word
H113
of my lord
H4428
the king
H4496
bring rest;
H4397
for as an angel
H430
of God,
H113
so is my lord
H4428
the king
H8085
to discern
H2896
good
H7451
and bad.
H3068
May Yahweh,
H430
your God, be with you.'"
18
H4428
Then the king
H6030
answered
H802
the woman,
H3582
"Please don't hide
H1697
anything
H7592
from me that I ask
H802
you." The woman
H559
said,
H113
"Let my lord
H4428
the king
H1696
now speak."
19
H4428
The king
H559
said,
H3027
"Is the hand
H3097
of Joab
H802
with you in all this?" The woman
H6030
answered,
H5315
"As your soul
H2416
lives,
H113
my lord
H4428
the king,
H5315
no one
H786
can
H3231
turn to the right hand
H8041
or to the left
H113
from anything that my lord
H4428
the king
H1696
has spoken;
H5650
for your servant
H3097
Joab,
H6680
he urged
H7760
me, and he put
H1697
all these words
H6310
in the mouth
H8198
of your handmaid;
20
H5668
to
H5437
change
H6440
the face
H1697
of the matter
H5650
has your servant
H3097
Joab
H6213
done
H1697
this thing.
H113
My lord
H2450
is wise,
H2451
according to the wisdom
H4397
of an angel
H430
of God,
H3045
to know
H776
all things that are in the earth."
21
H4428
The king
H559
said
H3097
to Joab,
H6213
"Behold now, I have done
H1697
this thing.
H3212
Go
H7725
therefore, bring
H5288
the young man
H53
Absalom
H7725
back."
22
H3097
Joab
H5307
fell
H776
to the ground
H6440
on his face,
H7812
showed respect,
H1288
and blessed
H4428
the king.
H3097
Joab
H559
said,
H3117
"Today
H5650
your servant
H3045
knows
H4672
that I have found
H2580
favor
H5869
in your sight,
H113
my lord,
H4428
king,
H4428
in that the king
H6213
has performed
H1697
the request
H5650
of his servant."
23
H3097
So Joab
H6965
arose
H3212
and went
H1650
to Geshur,
H935
and brought
H53
Absalom
H3389
to Jerusalem.
24
H4428
The king
H559
said,
H5437
"Let him return
H1004
to his own house,
H7200
but let him not see
H6440
my face."
H53
So Absalom
H5437
returned
H1004
to his own house,
H7200
and didn't see
H4428
the king's
H6440
face.
25
H3478
Now in all Israel
H376
there was none
H3966
to be so much
H1984
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
When he cut
H7218
the hair of his head
H3117
(now it was at every year's
H7093
end
H1548
that he cut
H3513
it; because it was heavy
H1548
on him, therefore he cut
H8254
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
To Absalom
H3205
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 beautiful
H4758
face.
28
H53
Absalom
H3427
lived
H3117
two full
H8141
years
H3389
in Jerusalem;
H7200
and he didn't see
H4428
the king's
H6440
face.
29
H53
Then Absalom
H7971
sent
H3097
for Joab,
H7971
to send
H4428
him to the king;
H14
but he would
H935
not come
H7971
to him: and he sent again
H8145
a second time,
H14
but he would
H935
not come.
30
H559
Therefore he said
H5650
to his servants,
H7200
"Behold,
H3097
Joab's
H2513
field
H413
is near
H3027
mine,
H8184
and he has barley
H3212
there. Go
H3341
and set
H784
it on fire."
H53
Absalom's
H5650
servants
H3341
set
H2513
the field
H784
on fire.
31
H3097
Then Joab
H6965
arose,
H935
and came
H53
to Absalom
H1004
to his house,
H559
and said
H5650
to him, "Why have your servants
H3341
set
H2513
my field
H784
on fire?"
32
H53
Absalom
H559
answered
H3097
Joab,
H7971
"Behold, I sent
H559
to you, saying,
H935
‘Come
H7971
here, that I may send
H4428
you to the king,
H559
to say,
H935
"Why have I come
H1650
from Geshur?
H2896
It would be better
H7200
for me to be there still. Now therefore let me see
H4428
the king's
H6440
face;
H3426
and if there is
H5771
iniquity
H4191
in me, let him kill me."'"