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The Second Book of Samuel 14

14 And Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the heart of the king was on Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her, “Now, mourn and please put on clothes of mourning. And you will not anoint yourself with oil, but you will be like this woman who has been mourning for the dead for many days.” 3 And you will go to the king, and you will speak to him, according to this word.” And Joab set the words in her mouth.

4 And the Tekoite woman spoke to the king, and she fell on her nose to the ground, and she prostrated herself. And she said, “Save, O king!”

5 And the king said to her, “What is to you?”

And she said, “Alas, I am a widow woman, and my husband has died. 6 And to your female servant belonged two sons, and they fought, the two of them, in the field, but there was no person who could deliver between them. And the one struck him, the one, and he killed him. 7 And, look, the entire clan has risen against your female servant, and they said, ‘Give the one who struck his brother, and we will kill him in exchange for the life of his brother who he killed, and let us destroy the heir also.’ And they would quench my coal that remains, no putting to my husband a name or remnant on the face of the ground.”

8 And the king said to the woman, “Go to your house, and I myself will command concerning you.”

9 And the Tekoite woman said to the king, “On me, my lord the king, is the iniquity, and on the house of my father, but the king and his throne are innocent.”

10 And the king said, “The one who speaks against you, and bring him to me, and he will not continue anymore to touch you.”

11 And she said, “Please, let the king remember Yahweh your God, so that the avenger of blood will not increase so as to cause ruin. Then they will not destroy my son.”

And he said, “By the life of Yahweh, the hair of your son will not fall to the ground.”

12 And the woman said, “Please, let your female servant speak a word to my lord the king.”

And he said, “Speak.”

13 And the woman said, “And why have you planned like this against the people of God? And because the king speaking this word is like a guilty person, because the king has not returned the one who he scattered. 14 For we will certainly die—and like water which is spilled on the ground, which is not gathered. But God will not take away a life, but he plans plans so that the one who was scattered will not be scattered from him.

15 “And now that I have come to speak this thing to the king my lord is because the people have frightened me. And your female servant says, ‘I will speak, please, to the king. Perhaps the king will do the word of his maidservant. 16 For the king will listen in order to save his maidservant from the palm of the man destroying me and my son together from the inheritance of God.’

17 “And your female servant said, ‘Please, let the word of my lord the king become a resting place, because like the angel of God, so is my lord the king to understand good and evil. And may Yahweh your God be with you!’”

18 And the king answered, and he said to the woman, “Now, you will not hide from me a word that I am asking you.”

And the woman said, “Please, let my lord the king speak.”

19 And the king said, “Was the hand of Joab with you in all this?”

And the woman answered, and she said, “By the life of your spirit, my lord the king, there is not turning to the right or turning to the left from everything that my lord the king spoke, for your servant, Joab—he himself commanded me, and he himself put in the mouth of your female servant all these words. 20 For the sake of turning the face of the matter, your servant Joab did this thing. But my lord is wise like the wisdom of an angel of God to know everything that is on earth.”

21 And the king said to Joab, “Look, now I will do this thing. And go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

22 And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and he prostrated himself, and he blessed the king. And Joab said, “Today, your servant knows that I have found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, that the king does the word of his servant.”

23 And Joab got up, and he went to Geshur. And he brought Absalom to Jerusalem. 24 And the king said, “He will go around to his house, but my face he will not see.” And Absalom went around to his house, but the face of the king he did not see.

25 And like Absalom there was not a handsome person in all Israel to praise greatly. From the sole of his foot and to the crown of his head, there was no blemish on him. 26 And when he shaved his head (and it was at the end of years to years that he would shave, because it was heavy on him, and he would cut it), and he weighed the hair of his head: 200 shekels by the stone of the king.

27 And to Absalom were born three sons and one daughter, and her name was Tamar. She herself was a woman, beautiful of appearance.

28 And Absalom lived in Jerusalem two full years, and the face of the king he did not see. 29 And Absalom sent to Joab to send him to the king, but he was not willing to come to him. And Absalom sent again a second time, but he was not willing to come. 30 And he said to his servants, “See, the plot of Joab is to my hand, and barley belongs to him there. Go, and burn it with fire.” And the servants of Absalom burned the plot with fire.

31 And Joab got up, and he came to Absalom, to the house. And he said to him, “Why did your servants burn the plot which belongs to me with fire?”

32 And Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent to you, saying, ‘Come here that I may send you to the king, saying, “Why did I come from Geshur? It would be good for me if I were still there.”’ And now, let me see the face of the king, and if there is iniquity in me, then let him kill me.”

33 And Joab came to the king, and he informed him. And he called to Absalom, and he came to the king, and he prostrated himself to him on his nose to the ground to the face of the king. And the king kissed Absalom.

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