ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 14
1. Now Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] perceived[H3045] that the king[H4428]'s heart[H3820] was toward Absalom[H53].
2. And Joab[H3097] sent[H7971] to Tekoa[H8620], and fetched[H3947] thence a wise[H2450] woman[H802], and said[H559] unto her[H56], I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on[H3847] mourning[H60] apparel[H899], I pray thee[H5480], and anoint not thyself with oil[H8081], but be as a woman[H802] that hath a long[H7227] time[H3117] mourned[H56] for the dead[H4191]:
3. and go[H935] in to the king[H4428], and speak[H1696] on this manner[H1697] unto him[H3097]. So Joab put[H7760] the words[H1697] in her mouth[H6310].
4. And when the woman[H802] of Tekoa[H8621] spake[H559] to the king[H4428], she fell[H5307] on her face[H639] to the ground[H776], and did obeisance[H7812], and said[H559], Help[H3467], O king[H4428].
5. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto her[H559], What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth[H61] I[H802] am a widow[H490], and my husband[H376] is dead[H4191].
6. And thy handmaid[H8198] had two[H8147] sons[H1121], and they two[H8147] strove together[H5327] in the field[H7704], and there was none to part[H5337] them[H259], but the one smote[H5221] the other[H259], and killed him[H4191].
7. And[H4940], behold, the whole family is risen[H6965] against thy handmaid[H8198], and they say[H559], Deliver[H5414] him that smote[H5221] his brother[H251], that we may kill[H4191] him for the life[H5315] of his brother[H251] whom he slew[H2026], and so destroy[H8045] the heir[H3423] also[H3518]. Thus will they quench my coal[H1513] which is left[H7760], and will leave[H7760] to my husband[H376] neither name[H8034] nor remainder[H7611] upon[H6440] the face of the earth[H127].
8. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto the woman[H802], Go[H3212] to thy house[H1004], and I will give charge concerning thee[H6680].
9. And the woman[H802] of Tekoa[H8621] said[H559] unto the king[H4428], My lord[H113], O king[H4428], the iniquity[H5771] be on me[H1], and on my father's house[H1004]; and the king[H4428] and his throne[H3678] be guiltless[H5355].
10. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Whosoever saith[H1696] aught unto thee[H935], bring him to me[H5060], and he shall not touch thee any more[H3254].
11. Then said[H559] she[H4428], I pray thee, let the king remember[H2142] Jehovah[H3068] thy God[H430], that the avenger[H1350] of blood[H1818] destroy[H7843] not any more[H7235], lest they destroy[H8045] my son[H1121]. And he said[H559], As Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416], there shall not one hair[H8185] of thy son[H1121] fall[H5307] to the earth[H776].
12. Then the woman[H802] said[H559], Let thy handmaid[H8198], I pray thee[H1696], speak a word[H1697] unto my lord[H113] the king[H4428]. And he said[H559], Say on[H1696].
13. And the woman[H802] said[H559], Wherefore then hast thou devised[H2803] such a thing against the people[H5971] of God[H430]? for in speaking[H1696] this word[H1697] the king[H4428] is as one that is guilty[H818], in that the king[H4428] doth not fetch home again[H7725] his banished one[H5080].
14. For we must needs[H4191] die[H4191], and are as water[H4325] spilt[H5064] on the ground[H776], which cannot be gathered up again[H622]; neither doth God[H430] take away[H5375] life[H5315], but deviseth[H2803] means[H4284], that he that is banished[H5080] be not an outcast from him[H5080].
15. Now therefore seeing that I am come[H935] to speak[H1696] this word[H1697] unto my lord[H113] the king[H4428], it is because the people[H5971] have made me afraid[H3372]: and thy handmaid[H8198] said[H559], I will now speak[H1696] unto the king[H4428]; it may be that the king[H4428] will perform[H6213] the request[H1697] of his servant[H519].
16. For the king[H4428] will hear[H8085], to deliver[H5337] his servant[H519] out of the hand[H3709] of the man[H376] that would destroy[H8045] me and my son[H1121] together[H3162] out of the inheritance[H5159] of God[H430].
17. Then thy handmaid[H8198] said[H559], Let[H1697], I pray thee, the word of my lord[H113] the king[H4428] be comfortable[H4496]; for as an angel[H4397] of God[H430], so is my lord[H113] the king[H4428] to discern[H8085] good[H2896] and bad[H7451]: and Jehovah[H3068] thy God be with thee[H430].
18. Then the king[H4428] answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto the woman[H802], Hide[H3582] not from me[H1697], I pray thee, aught that I shall ask[H7592] thee[H802]. And the woman said[H559], Let my lord[H113] the king[H4428] now speak[H1696].
19. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Is the hand[H3027] of Joab[H3097] with thee in all this[H802]? And the woman answered[H6030] and said[H6030], As thy soul[H5315] liveth[H2416], my lord[H113] the king[H4428], none[H376] can[H786] turn to the right hand[H3231] or to the left[H8041] from aught that my lord[H113] the king[H4428] hath spoken[H1696]; for thy servant[H5650] Joab[H3097], he bade[H6680] me[H7760], and he put all these words[H1697] in the mouth[H6310] of thy handmaid[H8198];
20. to[H5668] change[H5437] the face[H6440] of the matter[H1697] hath thy servant[H5650] Joab[H3097] done[H6213] this thing[H1697]: and my lord[H113] is wise[H2450], according to the wisdom[H2451] of an angel[H4397] of God[H430], to know[H3045] all things that are in the earth[H776].
21. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto Joab[H3097], Behold now[H6213], I have done this thing[H1697]: go[H3212] therefore[H7725], bring the young man[H5288] Absalom[H53] back[H7725].
22. And Joab[H3097] fell[H5307] to the ground[H776] on his face[H6440], and did obeisance[H7812], and blessed[H1288] the king[H4428]: and Joab[H3097] said[H559], To-day[H3117] thy servant[H5650] knoweth[H3045] that I have found[H4672] favor[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], my lord[H113], O king[H4428], in that the king[H4428] hath performed[H6213] the request[H1697] of his servant[H5650].
23. So Joab[H3097] arose[H6965] and went[H3212] to Geshur[H1650], and brought[H935] Absalom[H53] to Jerusalem[H3389].
24. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Let him turn[H5437] to his own house[H1004], but let him not see[H7200] my face[H6440]. So Absalom[H53] turned[H5437] to his own house[H1004], and saw[H7200] not the king[H4428]'s face[H6440].
25. Now in all Israel[H3478] there was none[H376] to be so much[H3966] praised[H1984] as Absalom[H53] for his beauty[H3303]: from the sole[H3709] of his foot[H7272] even to the crown of his head[H6936] there was no blemish in him[H3971].
26. And when he cut[H1548] the hair of his head[H7218] (now it was at every year[H3117]'s end[H7093] that he cut[H1548] it[H3513]; because it was heavy on him[H1548], therefore he cut it[H8254]); he weighed the hair[H8181] of his head[H7218] at two hundred[H3967] shekels[H8255], after the king[H4428]'s weight[H68].
27. And unto Absalom[H53] there were born[H3205] three[H7969] sons[H1121], and one[H259] daughter[H1323], whose name[H8034] was Tamar[H8559]: she was a woman[H802] of a fair[H3303] countenance[H4758].
28. And Absalom[H53] dwelt[H3427] two full[H3117] years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]; and he saw[H7200] not the king[H4428]'s face[H6440].
29. Then Absalom[H53] sent[H7971] for Joab[H3097], to send[H7971] him to the king[H4428]; but he would[H14] not come[H935] to him[H7971]: and he sent again a second time[H8145], but he would[H14] not come[H935].
30. Therefore he said[H559] unto his servants[H5650], See[H7200], Joab[H3097]'s field[H2513] is near[H413] mine[H3027], and he hath barley[H8184] there[H3212]; go and set[H3341] it on fire[H784]. And Absalom[H53]'s servants[H5650] set[H3341] the field[H2513] on fire[H784].
31. Then Joab[H3097] arose[H6965], and came[H935] to Absalom[H53] unto his house[H1004], and said[H559] unto him[H5650], Wherefore have thy servants set[H3341] my field[H2513] on fire[H784]?
32. And Absalom[H53] answered[H559] Joab[H3097], Behold[H7971], I sent unto thee[H559], saying, Come[H935] hither[H7971], that I may send thee to the king[H4428], to say[H559], Wherefore am I come[H935] from Geshur[H1650]? it were better[H2896] for me to be there still[H7200]. Now therefore let me see the king[H4428]'s face[H6440]; and if there be[H3426] iniquity[H5771] in me[H4191], let him kill me.
33. So Joab[H3097] came[H935] to the king[H4428], and told[H5046] him[H7121]; and when he had called for Absalom[H53], he came[H935] to the king[H4428], and bowed[H7812] himself on his face[H639] to the ground[H776] before[H6440] the king[H4428]: and the king[H4428] kissed[H5401] Absalom[H53].
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