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1 # Now Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> perceived <03045> (8799) that the king's <04428> heart <03820> was toward Absalom <053>.
2 And Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8799) to Tekoah <08620>, and fetched <03947> (8799) thence a wise <02450> woman <0802>, and said <0559> (8799) unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner <056> (8693), and put on <03847> (8798) now mourning <060> apparel <0899>, and anoint <05480> (8799) not thyself with oil <08081>, but be as a woman <0802> that had a long <07227> time <03117> mourned <056> (8690) for the dead <04191> (8801):
3 And come <0935> (8804) to the king <04428>, and speak <01696> (8765) on this manner <01697> unto him. So Joab <03097> put <07760> (8799) the words <01697> in her mouth <06310>.
4 And when the woman <0802> of Tekoah <08621> spake <0559> (8799) to the king <04428>, she fell <05307> (8799) on her face <0639> to the ground <0776>, and did obeisance <07812> (8691), and said <0559> (8799), Help <03467> (8685), O king <04428>.
5 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered <0559> (8799), I am indeed <061> a widow <0490> woman <0802>, and mine husband <0376> is dead <04191> (8799).
6 And thy handmaid <08198> had two <08147> sons <01121>, and they two <08147> strove together <05327> (8735) in the field <07704>, and there was none to part <05337> (8688) them, but the one <0259> smote <05221> (8686) the other <0259>, and slew <04191> (8686) him.
7 And, behold, the whole family <04940> is risen <06965> (8804) against thine handmaid <08198>, and they said <0559> (8799), Deliver <05414> (8798) him that smote <05221> (8688) his brother <0251>, that we may kill <04191> (8686) him, for the life <05315> of his brother <0251> whom he slew <02026> (8804); and we will destroy <08045> (8686) the heir <03423> (8802) also: and so they shall quench <03518> (8765) my coal <01513> which is left <07760> (8800) , and shall not leave <07604> (8738) to my husband <0376> neither name <08034> nor remainder <07611> upon <06440> the earth <0127>.
8 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto the woman <0802>, Go <03212> (8798) to thine house <01004>, and I will give charge <06680> (8762) concerning thee.
9 And the woman <0802> of Tekoah <08621> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, the iniquity <05771> be on me, and on my father's <01> house <01004>: and the king <04428> and his throne <03678> be guiltless <05355>.
10 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Whosoever saith <01696> (8764) ought unto thee, bring <0935> (8689) him to me, and he shall not touch <05060> (8800) thee any more <03254> (8686).
11 Then said <0559> (8799) she, I pray thee, let the king <04428> remember <02142> (8799) the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers <01350> (8802) of blood <01818> to destroy <07843> (8763) any more <07235> (8687), lest they destroy <08045> (8686) my son <01121>. And he said <0559> (8799), As the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, there shall not one hair <08185> of thy son <01121> fall <05307> (8799) to the earth <0776> .
12 Then the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799), Let thine handmaid <08198>, I pray thee, speak <01696> (8762) one word <01697> unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>. And he said <0559> (8799), Say on <01696> (8761) .
13 And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799), Wherefore then hast thou thought <02803> (8804) such a thing against the people <05971> of God <0430>? for the king <04428> doth speak <01696> (8693) this thing <01697> as one which is faulty <0818>, in that the king <04428> doth not fetch home again <07725> (8687) his banished <05080> (8737).
14 For we must needs <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799), and are as water <04325> spilt <05064> (8737) on the ground <0776>, which cannot be gathered up again <0622> (8735); neither doth God <0430> respect <05375> (8799) any person <05315>: yet doth he devise <02803> (8804) means <04284>, that his banished <05080> (8737) be not expelled <05080> (8799) from him.
15 Now therefore that I am come <0935> (8804) to speak <01696> (8763) of this thing <01697> unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>, it is because the people <05971> have made me afraid <03372> (8765): and thy handmaid <08198> said <0559> (8799), I will now speak <01696> (8762) unto the king <04428>; it may be that the king <04428> will perform <06213> (8799) the request <01697> of his handmaid <0519>.
16 For the king <04428> will hear <08085> (8799), to deliver <05337> (8687) his handmaid <0519> out of the hand <03709> of the man <0376> that would destroy <08045> (8687) me and my son <01121> together <03162> out of the inheritance <05159> of God <0430>.
17 Then thine handmaid <08198> said <0559> (8799), The word <01697> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall now be comfortable <04496>: for as an angel <04397> of God <0430>, so is my lord <0113> the king <04428> to discern <08085> (8800) good <02896> and bad <07451>: therefore the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> will be with thee.
18 Then the king <04428> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799) unto the woman <0802>, Hide <03582> (8762) not from me, I pray thee, the thing <01697> that I shall ask <07592> (8802) thee. And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799), Let my lord <0113> the king <04428> now speak <01696> (8762).
19 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Is not the hand <03027> of Joab <03097> with thee in all this? And the woman <0802> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), As thy soul <05315> liveth <02416> , my lord <0113> the king <04428>, none <0376> can <0786> turn to the right hand <03231> (8687) or to the left <08041> (8687) from ought that my lord <0113> the king <04428> hath spoken <01696> (8765): for thy servant <05650> Joab <03097> , he bade <06680> (8765) me, and he put <07760> (8804) all these words <01697> in the mouth <06310> of thine handmaid <08198>:
20 To <05668> fetch about <05437> (8763) this form <06440> of speech <01697> hath thy servant <05650> Joab <03097> done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>: and my lord <0113> is wise <02450>, according to the wisdom <02451> of an angel <04397> of God <0430>, to know <03045> (8800) all things that are in the earth <0776>.
21 # And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Joab <03097>, Behold now, I have done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>: go <03212> (8798) therefore, bring <07725> <00> the young man <05288> Absalom <053> again <07725> (8685).
22 And Joab <03097> fell <05307> (8799) to the ground <0776> on his face <06440>, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself, and thanked <01288> (8762) the king <04428>: and Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799), To day <03117> thy servant <05650> knoweth <03045> (8804) that I have found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in thy sight <05869> , my lord <0113>, O king <04428>, in that the king <04428> hath fulfilled <06213> (8804) the request <01697> of his servant <05650>.
23 So Joab <03097> arose <06965> (8799) and went <03212> (8799) to Geshur <01650>, and brought <0935> (8686) Absalom <053> to Jerusalem <03389>.
24 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Let him turn <05437> (8735) to his own house <01004>, and let him not see <07200> (8799) my face <06440>. So Absalom <053> returned <05437> (8735) to his own house <01004> , and saw <07200> (8804) not the king's <04428> face <06440>.
25 But in all Israel <03478> there was none <0376> to be so much <03966> praised <01984> (8763) as Absalom <053> for his beauty <03303>: from the sole <03709> of his foot <07272> even to the crown of his head <06936> there was no blemish <03971> in him.
26 And when he polled <01548> (8763) his head <07218>, (for it was at every year's <03117> <03117> end <07093> that he polled <01548> (8762) it: because the hair was heavy <03513> (8804) on him, therefore he polled <01548> (8765) it:) he weighed <08254> (8804) the hair <08181> of his head <07218> at two hundred <03967> shekels <08255> after the king's <04428> weight <068>.
27 And unto Absalom <053> there were born <03205> (8735) three <07969> sons <01121>, and one <0259> daughter <01323>, whose name <08034> was Tamar <08559>: she was a woman <0802> of a fair <03303> countenance <04758>.
28 # So Absalom <053> dwelt <03427> (8799) two full <03117> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, and saw <07200> (8804) not the king's <04428> face <06440>.
29 Therefore Absalom <053> sent <07971> (8799) for Joab <03097>, to have sent <07971> (8800) him to the king <04428>; but he would <014> (8804) not come <0935> (8800) to him: and when he sent again <07971> (8799) the second time <08145>, he would <014> (8804) not come <0935> (8800).
30 Therefore he said <0559> (8799) unto his servants <05650>, See <07200> (8798), Joab's <03097> field <02513> is near <0413> mine <03027>, and he hath barley <08184> there; go <03212> (8798) and set <03341> (8685) it on fire <0784>. And Absalom's <053> servants <05650> set <03341> (8686) the field <02513> on fire <0784> .
31 Then Joab <03097> arose <06965> (8799), and came <0935> (8799) to Absalom <053> unto his house <01004>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Wherefore have thy servants <05650> set <03341> (8689) my field <02513> on fire <0784>?
32 And Absalom <053> answered <0559> (8799) Joab <03097>, Behold, I sent <07971> (8804) unto thee, saying <0559> (8800), Come <0935> (8798) hither, that I may send <07971> (8799) thee to the king <04428>, to say <0559> (8800), Wherefore am I come <0935> (8804) from Geshur <01650>? it had been good <02896> for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see <07200> (8799) the king's <04428> face <06440>; and if there be <03426> any iniquity <05771> in me, let him kill <04191> (8689) me.
33 So Joab <03097> came <0935> (8799) to the king <04428>, and told <05046> (8686) him: and when he had called <07121> (8799) for Absalom <053>, he came <0935> (8799) to the king <04428>, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself on his face <0639> to the ground <0776> before <06440> the king <04428>: and the king <04428> kissed <05401> (8799) Absalom <053>.