1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.stylus2 Samuel 13:39, 2 Samuel 13:39, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 19:22And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray thee, pretend to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned 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 speak in this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.stylus2 Samuel 14:19, 2 Samuel 14:19, Exodus 4:15, Exodus 4:15, Deuteronomy 18:184And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, 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 aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead.stylusJudges 9:8, Judges 9:15, 2 Samuel 12:1, 2 Samuel 12:3, Judges 9:86And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.stylusGenesis 4:8, Deuteronomy 22:26, Deuteronomy 22:27, Exodus 2:13, Genesis 4:87And, behold, the whole family hath risen against thy handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon 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 thy house, and I will issue an order concerning thee.stylusProverbs 18:13, Proverbs 18:13, Job 29:16, 2 Samuel 12:5, 2 Samuel 12:69And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.stylus1 Samuel 25:24, 1 Samuel 25:24, 1 Kings 2:33, 1 Kings 2:33, Matthew 27:2510And the king said, Whoever saith any thing to thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.stylus11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not permit the avenger of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.stylus1 Samuel 14:45, 1 Samuel 14:45, Matthew 10:30, Numbers 35:19, Matthew 10:3012Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word to my lord the king. 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 then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one who is faulty, in that the king doth not bring home again his banished.stylus2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38, 2 Samuel 13:37, 2 Samuel 13:38, 2 Samuel 12:714For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not driven out from him.stylusJob 30:23, Job 30:23, Hebrews 9:27, Numbers 35:28, Hebrews 9:2715Now therefore that I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.stylus16For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid from the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.stylus1 Samuel 26:19, 1 Samuel 26:1917Then thy handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comforting: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.stylus1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 19:27, 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 19:27, 2 Samuel 14:2018Then the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.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 thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from any thing that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he ordered me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid:stylus2 Samuel 14:3, 2 Samuel 14:3, 1 Samuel 1:26, 1 Samuel 1:26, Luke 21:1520To bring about this change of affairs hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are on the 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, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.stylus2 Samuel 14:11, 2 Samuel 14:11, 1 Samuel 14:39, Mark 6:26, 1 Samuel 14:3922And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.stylusJob 29:11, 1 Samuel 20:3, Job 31:20, Nehemiah 11:2, Genesis 6:823So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.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 turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.stylusRevelation 22:4, Revelation 22:4, Genesis 43:3, 2 Samuel 14:28, Exodus 10:2825But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.stylusIsaiah 1:6, Isaiah 1:6, Deuteronomy 28:35, Job 2:7, Deuteronomy 28:3526And when he cut the hair of his head, (for it was at every year’s end that he cut it : because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he cut it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.stylusEzekiel 44:20, Ezekiel 44:20, 2 Samuel 18:9, 1 Corinthians 11:14, 2 Samuel 18:927And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.stylus2 Samuel 18:18, 2 Samuel 18:18, 2 Samuel 13:1, 2 Samuel 13:1, Jeremiah 22:3028So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.stylus29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, that he might send him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.stylus2 Samuel 14:30, 2 Samuel 14:31, Matthew 22:3, Esther 1:12, 2 Samuel 14:3030Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.stylusJudges 15:4, Judges 15:5, Judges 15:4, Judges 15:5, 1 Kings 21:931Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have thy servants set my field on fire?stylus32And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to thee, saying, Come here, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me had I been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there is any iniquity in me, let him kill me.stylus1 Samuel 20:8, Exodus 14:12, Proverbs 28:13, 1 Samuel 20:8, Exodus 14:1233So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.stylusLuke 15:20, Genesis 33:4, Luke 15:20, Genesis 33:4, Genesis 45:15
