1Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.stylus2 Samuel 13:39, 2 Samuel 13:39, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 19:22And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:stylus2 Chronicles 11:6, 2 Chronicles 11:6, Amos 1:1, Ruth 3:3, Amos 1:13And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.stylus2 Samuel 14:19, 2 Samuel 14:19, Exodus 4:15, Exodus 4:15, Deuteronomy 18:184And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.stylus2 Kings 6:26, 2 Kings 6:28, 2 Samuel 1:2, 1 Samuel 25:23, 2 Kings 6:265And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.stylusJudges 9:8, Judges 9:15, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:3, Judges 9:86And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.stylusGenesis 4:8, Deuteronomy 22:26, Deuteronomy 22:27, Exodus 2:13, Genesis 4:87And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.stylusNumbers 35:19, Numbers 35:19, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 21:38, 2 Samuel 12:178And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.stylusProverbs 18:13, Proverbs 18:13, Job 29:16, 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Samuel 12:69And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!stylus1 Samuel 25:24, 1 Samuel 25:24, 1 Kings 2:33, 1 Kings 2:33, Matthew 27:2510And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.stylus11Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.stylus1 Samuel 14:45, 1 Samuel 14:45, Matthew 10:30, Numbers 35:19, Matthew 10:3012Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.stylusActs 26:1, Genesis 44:18, 1 Samuel 25:24, Jeremiah 12:1, Genesis 18:3213And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)stylus2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38, 2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38, 2 Samuel 12:714For death comes to us all, and we are like water drained out on the earth, which it is not possible to take up again; and God will not take away the life of the man whose purpose is that he who has been sent away may not be completely cut off from him.stylusJob 30:23, Job 30:23, Hebrews 9:27, Numbers 35:28, Hebrews 9:2715And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.stylus16For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.stylus1 Samuel 26:19, 1 Samuel 26:1917Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!stylus1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 19:27, 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 14:2018Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.stylusJeremiah 38:14, Jeremiah 38:25, 1 Samuel 3:17, 1 Samuel 3:18, Jeremiah 38:1419And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:stylus2 Samuel 14:3, 2 Samuel 14:3, 1 Samuel 1:26, 1 Samuel 1:26, Luke 21:1520This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.stylus2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 19:27, Proverbs 26:2821And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.stylus2 Samuel 14:11, 2 Samuel 14:11, 1 Samuel 14:39, Mark 6:26, 1 Samuel 14:3922Then Joab, falling down on his face on the earth, gave the king honour and blessing; and Joab said, Today it is clear to your servant that I have grace in your eyes, my lord king, because the king has given effect to the request of his servant.stylusJob 29:11, 1 Samuel 20:3, Job 31:20, Nehemiah 11:2, Genesis 6:823So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.stylus2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38, 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:3824And the king said, Let him go to his house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom went back to his house and did not see the face of the king.stylusRevelation 22:4, Revelation 22:4, Genesis 43:3, 2 Samuel 14:28, Exodus 10:2825Now in all Israel there was no one so greatly to be praised for his beautiful form as Absalom: from his feet to the crown of his head he was completely beautiful.stylusIsaiah 1:6, Isaiah 1:6, Deuteronomy 28:35, Job 2:7, Deuteronomy 28:3526And when he had his hair cut, (which he did at the end of every year, because of the weight of his hair;) the weight of the hair was two hundred shekels by the king's weight.stylusEzekiel 44:20, Ezekiel 44:20, 2 Samuel 18:9, 1 Corinthians 11:14, 2 Samuel 18:927And Absalom was the father of three sons and of one daughter named Tamar, who was very beautiful.stylus2 Samuel 18:18, 2 Samuel 18:18, 2 Samuel 13:1, 2 Samuel 13:1, Jeremiah 22:3028For two full years Absalom was living in Jerusalem without ever seeing the face of the king.stylus29Then Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him: and he sent again a second time, but he would not come.stylus2 Samuel 14:30, 2 Samuel 14:31, Matthew 22:3, Esther 1:12, 2 Samuel 14:3030So he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley in it; go and put it on fire. And Absalom's servants put the field on fire.stylusJudges 15:4, Judges 15:5, Judges 15:4, Judges 15:5, 1 Kings 21:931Then Joab came to Absalom in his house and said to him, Why have your servants put my field on fire?stylus32And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.stylus1 Samuel 20:8, Exodus 14:12, Proverbs 28:13, 1 Samuel 20:8, Exodus 14:1233So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.stylusLuke 15:20, Genesis 33:4, Luke 15:20, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 45:15