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2 Samuel 14
1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and
3 And come to the King, and speake on this maner vnto him, (for Ioab taught her what she should say).
4 Then the woman of Tekoah spake vnto the king, & fel downe on her face to the ground, and did obeysance, and sayd, Helpe, O King.
5 Then the King sayd vnto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am in deede a widow, and mine husband is dead:
6 And thy handmaid had two
7 And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the
8 And the King said vnto the woman, Go to thine house, and I wil giue a charge for thee.
9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the
10 And the King sayde, Bring him to me that speaketh against thee, and he shall touche thee no more.
11 Then said she, I pray thee, let the king
12 Then the woman said, I pray thee, let thine handmayde speake a worde to my lord the King; he sayd, Say on.
13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou
14 For 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
15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, [it is] because the people
16 For the King wil heare, to deliuer his handmayde out of the hande of the man that woulde destroy mee, and also my sonne from the inheritance of God.
17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an
18 Then the King answered, and said vnto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall aske thee; the woman sayde, Let my lord the King now speake.
19 And the king said, [Is not]
20 To fetch about this
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have
22 And Ioab fell to the grounde on his face, and bowed himselfe, & thanked the King. Then Ioab sayde, This day thy seruant knoweth, that I haue found grace in thy sight, my lord the King, in that the King hath fulfilled the request of his seruant.
23 And Ioab arose, and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Ierusalem.
24 And the king said, Let him
25 Nowe in all Israel there was none to be so much praysed for beautie as Absalom: from the sole of his foote euen to the toppe of his head there was no blemish in him.
26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled [it]: because [the hair] was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred
27 And Absalom had three sonnes, and one daughter named Tamar, which was a fayre woman to looke vpon.
28 So Absalom dwelt the space of two yeres in Ierusalem, and saw not the Kings face.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for Ioab to sende him to the King, but he would not come to him: and when he sent againe, he would not come.
30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it
31 Then Ioab arose, & came to Absalom vnto his house, & sayd vnto him, Wherefore haue thy seruants burnt my field with fire?
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? [it had been] good for me [to have been] there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and
33 Then Ioab came to the King, & told him: & he called for Absalom, who came to the King, and bowed himselfe to the grounde on his face before the King, and the King kissed Absalom.
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