new(i)
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 nose
H776
to the earth,
H7812 [H8691]
and bowed down,
H559 [H8799]
and said,
H3467 [H8685]
Liberate,
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]
Give
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 desolate
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 soil.
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 sovereign,
H4428
O king,
H5771
the perversity
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 decay
H7235 [H8687]
any more,
H8045 [H8686]
lest they desolate
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 sovereign
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 guilty,
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]
poured
H776
on the earth,
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 sovereign
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 palm
H376
of the man
H8045 [H8687]
that would desolate
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 sovereign
H4428
the king
H4496
shall now be comforting:
H4397
for as a messenger
H430
of God,
H113
so is my sovereign
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 sovereign
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 breath
H2416
liveth,
H113
my sovereign
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 sovereign
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 sovereign
H2450
is wise,
H2451
according to the wisdom
H4397
of a messenger
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 earth
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 thine eyes,
H113
my sovereign,
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 perversity
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 nose
H776
to the earth
H6440
at the face of
H4428
the king:
H4428
and the king
H5401 [H8799]
kissed
H53
Absalom.