King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Now Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] perceived[H3045] that[H3588] the king's[H4428] heart[H3820] was toward[H5921] Absalom.[H53]

2. And Joab[H3097] sent[H7971] to Tekoah,[H8620] and fetched[H3947] thence[H4480] [H8033] a wise[H2450] woman,[H802] and said[H559] unto[H413] her, I pray thee,[H4994] feign thyself to be a mourner,[H56] and put on[H3847] now[H4994] mourning[H60] apparel,[H899] and anoint[H5480] not[H408] thyself with oil,[H8081] but be[H1961] as a woman[H802] that[H2088] had a long[H7227] time[H3117] mourned[H56] for[H5921] the dead: [H4191]

3. And come[H935] to[H413] the king,[H4428] and speak[H1696] on[H413] this[H2088] manner[H1697] unto[H413] him. So Joab[H3097] put[H7760] [H853] the words[H1697] in her mouth.[H6310]

4. And when the woman[H802] of Tekoah[H8621] spoke[H559] to[H413] the king,[H4428] she fell[H5307] on[H5921] 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, What[H4100] aileth thee? And she answered,[H559] I[H589] am indeed[H61] a widow[H490] woman,[H802] and mine 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[H369] to part[H5337] [H996] them, but the one[H259] smote[H5221] [H853] the other,[H259] and slew[H4191] him.

7. And, behold,[H2009] the whole[H3605] family[H4940] is risen[H6965] against[H5921] thine handmaid,[H8198] and they said,[H559] Deliver[H5414] [H853] him that smote[H5221] his brother,[H251] that we may kill[H4191] him, for the life[H5315] of his brother[H251] whom[H834] he slew;[H2026] and we will destroy[H8045] [H853] the heir[H3423] also:[H1571] and so they shall quench[H3518] [H853] my coal[H1513] which[H834] is left,[H7604] and shall not[H1115] leave[H7604] to my husband[H376] neither name[H8034] nor remainder[H7611] upon[H5921] [H6440] the earth.[H127]

8. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto[H413] the woman,[H802] Go[H1980] to thine house,[H1004] and I[H589] will give charge[H6680] concerning[H5921] thee.

9. And the woman[H802] of Tekoah[H8621] said[H559] unto[H413] the king,[H4428] My lord,[H113] O king,[H4428] the iniquity[H5771] be on[H5921] me, and on[H5921] my father's[H1] 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[H413] thee, bring[H935] him to[H413] me, and he shall not[H3808] touch[H5060] thee any[H3254] more.[H5750]

11. Then said[H559] she, I pray thee,[H4994] let the king[H4428] remember[H2142] [H853] the LORD[H3068] thy God,[H430] that thou wouldest not[H3808] suffer the revengers[H1350] of blood[H1818] to destroy[H7843] any more,[H7235] lest they destroy[H8045] [H853] my son.[H1121] And he said,[H559] As the LORD[H3068] liveth,[H2416] there shall not[H518] one hair[H4480] [H8185] of thy son[H1121] fall[H5307] to the earth.[H776]

12. Then the woman[H802] said,[H559] Let thine handmaid,[H8198] I pray thee,[H4994] speak[H1696] one word[H1697] unto[H413] my lord[H113] the king.[H4428] And he said,[H559] Say on.[H1696]

13. And the woman[H802] said,[H559] Wherefore[H4100] then hast thou thought[H2803] such[H2063] a thing against[H5921] the people[H5971] of God?[H430] for the king[H4428] doth speak[H4480] [H1696] this[H2088] thing[H1697] as one which is faulty,[H818] in that the king[H4428] doth not[H1115] fetch home again[H7725] [H853] his banished.[H5080]

14. For[H3588] we must needs die,[H4191] [H4191] and are as water[H4325] spilt[H5064] on the ground,[H776] which[H834] cannot[H3808] be gathered up[H622] again; neither[H3808] doth God[H430] respect[H5375] any person:[H5315] yet doth he devise[H2803] means,[H4284] that his banished[H5080] be not expelled[H5080] from[H4480] him.

15. Now[H6258] therefore that[H834] I am come[H935] to speak[H1696] of[H853] this[H2088] thing[H1697] unto[H413] my lord[H113] the king,[H4428] it is because[H3588] the people[H5971] have made me afraid:[H3372] and thy handmaid[H8198] said,[H559] I will now[H4994] speak[H1696] unto[H413] the king;[H4428] it may be[H194] that the king[H4428] will perform[H6213] [H853] the request[H1697] of his handmaid.[H519]

16. For[H3588] the king[H4428] will hear,[H8085] to deliver[H5337] [H853] his handmaid[H519] out of the hand[H4480] [H3709] of the man[H376] that would destroy[H8045] me and my son[H1121] together[H3162] out of the inheritance[H4480] [H5159] of God.[H430]

17. Then thine handmaid[H8198] said,[H559] The word[H1697] of my lord[H113] the king[H4428] shall now[H4994] be[H1961] comfortable:[H4496] for[H3588] as an angel[H4397] of God,[H430] so[H3651] is my lord[H113] the king[H4428] to discern[H8085] good[H2896] and bad:[H7451] therefore the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430] will be[H1961] with[H5973] thee.

18. Then the king[H4428] answered[H6030] and said[H559] unto[H413] the woman,[H802] Hide[H3582] not[H408] from[H4480] me, I pray thee,[H4994] the thing[H1697] that[H834] I[H595] shall ask[H7592] thee. And the woman[H802] said,[H559] Let my lord[H113] the king[H4428] now[H4994] speak.[H1696]

19. And the king[H4428] said,[H559] Is not the hand[H3027] of Joab[H3097] with[H854] thee in all[H3605] this?[H2063] And the woman[H802] answered[H6030] and said,[H559] As thy soul[H5315] liveth,[H2416] my lord[H113] the king,[H4428] none can turn[H518] [H786] to the right[H3231] hand or to the left[H8041] from aught[H4480] [H3605] that[H834] my lord[H113] the king[H4428] hath spoken:[H1696] for[H3588] thy servant[H5650] Joab,[H3097] he[H1931] bade[H6680] me, and he[H1931] put[H7760] [H853] all[H3605] these[H428] words[H1697] in the mouth[H6310] of thine handmaid: [H8198]

20. To[H5668] fetch about[H5437] [H853] this form[H6440] of speech[H1697] hath thy servant[H5650] Joab[H3097] done[H6213] [H853] this[H2088] thing:[H1697] and my lord[H113] is wise,[H2450] according to the wisdom[H2451] of an angel[H4397] of God,[H430] to know[H3045] [H853] all[H3605] things that[H834] are in the earth.[H776]

21. And the king[H4428] said[H559] unto[H413] Joab,[H3097] Behold[H2009] now,[H4994] I have done[H6213] [H853] this[H2088] thing:[H1697] go[H1980] therefore, bring[H7725] [H853] the young man[H5288] Absalom[H53] again.

22. And Joab[H3097] fell[H5307] to the ground[H776] on[H413] his face,[H6440] and bowed himself,[H7812] and thanked[H1288] [H853] the king:[H4428] and Joab[H3097] said,[H559] Today[H3117] thy servant[H5650] knoweth[H3045] that[H3588] I have found[H4672] grace[H2580] in thy sight,[H5869] my lord,[H113] O king,[H4428] in that[H834] the king[H4428] hath fulfilled[H6213] [H853] the request[H1697] of his servant.[H5650]

23. So Joab[H3097] arose[H6965] and went[H1980] to Geshur,[H1650] and brought[H935] [H853] Absalom[H53] to Jerusalem.[H3389]

24. And the king[H4428] said,[H559] Let him turn[H5437] to[H413] his own house,[H1004] and let him not[H3808] see[H7200] my face.[H6440] So Absalom[H53] returned[H5437] to[H413] his own house,[H1004] and saw[H7200] not[H3808] the king's[H4428] face.[H6440]

25. But in all[H3605] Israel[H3478] there was[H1961] none[H3808] [H376] to be so much[H3966] praised[H1984] as Absalom[H53] for his beauty:[H3303] from the sole[H4480] [H3709] of his foot[H7272] even to[H5704] the crown of his head[H6936] there was[H1961] no[H3808] blemish[H3971] in him.

26. And when he polled[H1548] [H853] his head,[H7218] (for it was[H1961] at every year's end[H4480] [H7093] [H3117] [H3117] that[H834] he polled[H1548] it: because[H3588] the hair was heavy[H3513] on[H5921] him, therefore he polled[H1548] it: ) he weighed[H8254] [H853] the hair[H8181] of his head[H7218] at two hundred[H3967] shekels[H8255] after the king's[H4428] 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[H1931] was[H1961] a woman[H802] of a fair[H3303] countenance.[H4758]

28. So Absalom[H53] dwelt[H3427] two full years[H8141] [H3117] in Jerusalem,[H3389] and saw[H7200] not[H3808] the king's[H4428] face.[H6440]

29. Therefore Absalom[H53] sent[H7971] for[H413] Joab,[H3097] to have sent[H7971] him to[H413] the king;[H4428] but he would[H14] not[H3808] come[H935] to[H413] him: and when he sent[H7971] again[H5750] the second time,[H8145] he would[H14] not[H3808] come.[H935]

30. Therefore he said[H559] unto[H413] his servants,[H5650] See,[H7200] Joab's[H3097] field[H2513] is near[H413] mine,[H3027] and he hath barley[H8184] there;[H8033] go[H1980] and set[H3341] it on fire.[H784] And Absalom's[H53] servants[H5650] set[H3341] [H853] the field[H2513] on fire.[H784]

31. Then Joab[H3097] arose,[H6965] and came[H935] to[H413] Absalom[H53] unto his house,[H1004] and said[H559] unto[H413] him, Wherefore[H4100] have thy servants[H5650] set[H3341] [H853] my field[H2513] on fire?[H784]

32. And Absalom[H53] answered[H559] [H413] Joab,[H3097] Behold,[H2009] I sent[H7971] unto[H413] thee, saying,[H559] Come[H935] hither,[H2008] that I may send[H7971] thee to[H413] the king,[H4428] to say,[H559] Wherefore[H4100] am I[H589] come[H935] from Geshur?[H4480] [H1650] it had been good[H2896] for me to have been there[H8033] still:[H5750] now[H6258] therefore let me see[H7200] the king's[H4428] face;[H6440] and if[H518] there be[H3426] any iniquity[H5771] in me, let him kill[H4191] me.

33. So Joab[H3097] came[H935] to[H413] the king,[H4428] and told[H5046] him: and when he had called[H7121] for[H413] Absalom,[H53] he came[H935] to[H413] the king,[H4428] and bowed[H7812] himself on[H5921] his face[H639] to the ground[H776] before[H6440] the king:[H4428] and the king[H4428] kissed[H5401] Absalom.[H53]