14:1 Now
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
knew
that
the
king's
heart
went
out
to
Absalom.
14:2 And
Joab
sent
to
Tekoa
and
brought
from
there
a
wise
woman
and
said
to
her,
"Pretend
to
be
a
mourner
and
put
on
mourning
garments.
Do
not
anoint
yourself
with
oil,
but
behave
like
a
woman
who
has
been
mourning
many
days
for
the
dead.
14:3 Go
to
the
king
and
speak
thus
to
him."
So
Joab
put
the
words
in
her
mouth.
14:4 When
the
woman
of
Tekoa
came
to
the
king,
she
fell
on
her
face
to
the
ground
and
paid
homage
and
said,
"Save
me,
O
king."
14:5 And
the
king
said
to
her,
"What
is
your
trouble"
She
answered,
"Alas,
I
am
a
widow;
my
husband
is
dead.
14:6 And
your
servant
had
two
sons,
and
they
quarreled
with
one
another
in
the
field.
There
was
no
one
to
separate
them,
and
one
struck
the
other
and
killed
him.
14:7 And
now
the
whole
clan
has
risen
against
your
servant,
and
they
say,
'Give
up
the
man
who
struck
his
brother,
that
we
may
put
him
to
death
for
the
life
of
his
brother
whom
he
killed.'
And
so
they
would
destroy
the
heir
also.
Thus
they
would
quench
my
coal
that
is
left
and
leave
to
my
husband
neither
name
nor
remnant
on
the
face
of
the
earth."
14:8 Then
the
king
said
to
the
woman,
"Go
to
your
house,
and
I
will
give
orders
concerning
you."
14:9 And
the
woman
of
Tekoa
said
to
the
king,
"On
me
be
the
guilt,
my
lord
the
king,
and
on
my
father's
house;
let
the
king
and
his
throne
be
guiltless."
14:10 The
king
said,
"If
anyone
says
anything
to
you,
bring
him
to
me,
and
he
shall
never
touch
you
again."
14:11 Then
she
said,
"Please
let
the
king
invoke
the
LORD
your
God,
that
the
avenger
of
blood
kill
no
more,
and
my
son
be
not
destroyed."
He
said,
"As
the
LORD
lives,
not
one
hair
of
your
son
shall
fall
to
the
ground."
14:12 Then
the
woman
said,
"Please
let
your
servant
speak
a
word
to
my
lord
the
king."
He
said,
"Speak."
14:13 And
the
woman
said,
"Why
then
have
you
planned
such
a
thing
against
the
people
of
God
For
in
giving
this
decision
the
king
convicts
himself,
inasmuch
as
the
king
does
not
bring
his
banished
one
home
again.
14:14 We
must
all
die;
we
are
like
water
spilled
on
the
ground,
which
cannot
be
gathered
up
again.
But
God
will
not
take
away
life,
and
he
devises
means
so
that
the
banished
one
will
not
remain
an
outcast.
14:15 Now
I
have
come
to
say
this
to
my
lord
the
king
because
the
people
have
made
me
afraid,
and
your
servant
thought,
'I
will
speak
to
the
king;
it
may
be
that
the
king
will
perform
the
request
of
his
servant.
14:16 For
the
king
will
hear
and
deliver
his
servant
from
the
hand
of
the
man
who
would
destroy
me
and
my
son
together
from
the
heritage
of
God.'
14:17 And
your
servant
thought,
'The
word
of
my
lord
the
king
will
set
me
at
rest,'
for
my
lord
the
king
is
like
the
angel
of
God
to
discern
good
and
evil.
The
LORD
your
God
be
with
you!"
14:18 Then
the
king
answered
the
woman,
"Do
not
hide
from
me
anything
I
ask
you."
And
the
woman
said,
"Let
my
lord
the
king
speak."
14:19 The
king
said,
"Is
the
hand
of
Joab
with
you
in
all
this"
The
woman
answered
and
said,
"As
surely
as
you
live,
my
lord
the
king,
one
cannot
turn
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left
from
anything
that
my
lord
the
king
has
said.
It
was
your
servant
Joab
who
commanded
me;
it
was
he
who
put
all
these
words
in
the
mouth
of
your
servant.
14:20 In
order
to
change
the
course
of
things
your
servant
Joab
did
this.
But
my
lord
has
wisdom
like
the
wisdom
of
the
angel
of
God
to
know
all
things
that
are
on
the
earth."
14:21 Then
the
king
said
to
Joab,
"Behold
now,
I
grant
this;
go,
bring
back
the
young
man
Absalom."
14:22 And
Joab
fell
on
his
face
to
the
ground
and
paid
homage
and
blessed
the
king.
And
Joab
said,
"Today
your
servant
knows
that
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
my
lord
the
king,
in
that
the
king
has
granted
the
request
of
his
servant."
14:23 So
Joab
arose
and
went
to
Geshur
and
brought
Absalom
to
Jerusalem.
14:24 And
the
king
said,
"Let
him
dwell
apart
in
his
own
house;
he
is
not
to
come
into
my
presence."
So
Absalom
lived
apart
in
his
own
house
and
did
not
come
into
the
king's
presence.
14:25 Now
in
all
Israel
there
was
no
one
so
much
to
be
praised
for
his
handsome
appearance
as
Absalom.
From
the
sole
of
his
foot
to
the
crown
of
his
head
there
was
no
blemish
in
him.
14:26 And
when
he
cut
the
hair
of
his
head
(for
at
the
end
of
every
year
he
used
to
cut
it;
when
it
was
heavy
on
him,
he
cut
it),
he
weighed
the
hair
of
his
head,
two
hundred
shekels
by
the
king's
weight.
14:27 There
were
born
to
Absalom
three
sons,
and
one
daughter
whose
name
was
Tamar.
She
was
a
beautiful
woman.
14:28 So
Absalom
lived
two
full
years
in
Jerusalem,
without
coming
into
the
king's
presence.
14:29 Then
Absalom
sent
for
Joab,
to
send
him
to
the
king,
but
Joab
would
not
come
to
him.
And
he
sent
a
second
time,
but
Joab
would
not
come.
14:30 Then
he
said
to
his
servants,
"See,
Joab's
field
is
next
to
mine,
and
he
has
barley
there;
go
and
set
it
on
fire."
So
Absalom's
servants
set
the
field
on
fire.
14:31 Then
Joab
arose
and
went
to
Absalom
at
his
house
and
said
to
him,
"Why
have
your
servants
set
my
field
on
fire"
14:32 Absalom
answered
Joab,
"Behold,
I
sent
word
to
you,
'Come
here,
that
I
may
send
you
to
the
king,
to
ask,
"Why
have
I
come
from
Geshur
It
would
be
better
for
me
to
be
there
still."
Now
therefore
let
me
go
into
the
presence
of
the
king,
and
if
there
is
guilt
in
me,
let
him
put
me
to
death.'"
14:33 Then
Joab
went
to
the
king
and
told
him,
and
he
summoned
Absalom.
So
he
came
to
the
king
and
bowed
himself
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
the
king,
and
the
king
kissed
Absalom.