II Samuel 14 (kjv)

Now Joab^H3097 the son^H1121 of Zeruiah^H6870 perceived^H3045 that the king's^H4428 heart^H3820 was toward Absalom^H53.²And Joab^H3097 sent^H7971 to Tekoah^H8620, and fetched^H3947 thence a wise^H2450 woman^H802, and said^H559 unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner^H56, and put on^H3847 now mourning^H60 apparel^H899, and anoint^H5480 not thyself with oil^H8081, but be as a woman^H802 that had a long^H7227 time^H3117 mourned^H56 for the dead^H4191:³And come^H935 to the king^H4428, and speak^H1696 on this manner^H1697 unto him. So Joab^H3097 put^H7760 the words^H1697 in her mouth^H6310.⁴And when the woman^H802 of Tekoah^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^H4428.⁵And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered^H559, I am indeed^H61 a widow^H490 woman^H802, and mine husband^H376 is dead^H4191.⁶And 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, but the one^H259 smote^H5221 the other^H259, and slew^H4191 him.⁷And, behold, the whole family^H4940 is risen^H6965 against thine handmaid^H8198, and they said^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 we will destroy^H8045 the heir^H3423 also: and so they shall quench^H3518 my coal^H1513 which is left^H7760, and shall not leave^H7604 to my husband^H376 neither name^H8034 nor remainder^H7611 upon^H6440 the earth^H127.⁸And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto the woman^H802, Go^H3212 to thine house^H1004, and I will give charge^H6680 concerning thee.⁹And the woman^H802 of Tekoah^H8621 said^H559 unto the king^H4428, My lord^H113, O king^H4428, the iniquity^H5771 be on me, and on my father's^H1 house^H1004: and the king^H4428 and his throne^H3678 be guiltless^H5355.¹⁰And the king^H4428 said^H559, Whosoever saith^H1696 ought unto thee, bring^H935 him to me, and he shall not touch^H5060 thee any more^H3254.¹¹Then said^H559 she, I pray thee, let the king^H4428 remember^H2142 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers^H1350 of blood^H1818 to destroy^H7843 any more^H7235, lest they destroy^H8045 my son^H1121. And he said^H559, As the LORD^H3068 liveth^H2416, there shall not one hair^H8185 of thy son^H1121 fall^H5307 to the earth^H776.¹²Then the woman^H802 said^H559, Let thine handmaid^H8198, I pray thee, speak^H1696 one word^H1697 unto my lord^H113 the king^H4428. And he said^H559, Say on^H1696.¹³And the woman^H802 said^H559, Wherefore then hast thou thought^H2803 such a thing against the people^H5971 of God^H430? for the king^H4428 doth speak^H1696 this thing^H1697 as one which is faulty^H818, in that the king^H4428 doth not fetch home again^H7725 his banished^H5080.¹⁴For 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 respect^H5375 any person^H5315: yet doth he devise^H2803 means^H4284, that his banished^H5080 be not expelled^H5080 from him.¹⁵Now therefore that I am come^H935 to speak^H1696 of this thing^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 handmaid^H519.¹⁶For the king^H4428 will hear^H8085, to deliver^H5337 his handmaid^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^H430.¹⁷Then thine handmaid^H8198 said^H559, The word^H1697 of my lord^H113 the king^H4428 shall now 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: therefore the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will be with thee.¹⁸Then the king^H4428 answered^H6030 and said^H559 unto the woman^H802, Hide^H3582 not from me, I pray thee, the thing^H1697 that I shall ask^H7592 thee. And the woman^H802 said^H559, Let my lord^H113 the king^H4428 now speak^H1696.¹⁹And the king^H4428 said^H559, Is not the hand^H3027 of Joab^H3097 with thee in all this? And the woman^H802 answered^H6030 and said^H559, 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 ought that my lord^H113 the king^H4428 hath spoken^H1696: for thy servant^H5650 Joab^H3097, he bade^H6680 me, and he put^H7760 all these words^H1697 in the mouth^H6310 of thine handmaid^H8198:²⁰To^H5668 fetch about^H5437 this form^H6440 of speech^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.

²¹And the king^H4428 said^H559 unto Joab^H3097, Behold now, I have done^H6213 this thing^H1697: go^H3212 therefore, bring^H7725 the young man^H5288 Absalom^H53 again^H7725.²²And Joab^H3097 fell^H5307 to the ground^H776 on his face^H6440, and bowed^H7812 himself, and thanked^H1288 the king^H4428: and Joab^H3097 said^H559, To day^H3117 thy servant^H5650 knoweth^H3045 that I have found^H4672 grace^H2580 in thy sight^H5869, my lord^H113, O king^H4428, in that the king^H4428 hath fulfilled^H6213 the request^H1697 of his servant^H5650.²³So Joab^H3097 arose^H6965 and went^H3212 to Geshur^H1650, and brought^H935 Absalom^H53 to Jerusalem^H3389.²⁴And the king^H4428 said^H559, Let him turn^H5437 to his own house^H1004, and let him not see^H7200 my face^H6440. So Absalom^H53 returned^H5437 to his own house^H1004, and saw^H7200 not the king's^H4428 face^H6440.

²⁵But 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^H3971 in him.²⁶And when he polled^H1548 his head^H7218, (for it was at every year's^{H3117 H3117} end^H7093 that he polled^H1548 it: because the hair was heavy^H3513 on him, therefore he polled^H1548 it:) he weighed^H8254 the hair^H8181 of his head^H7218 at two hundred^H3967 shekels^H8255 after the king's^H4428 weight^H68.²⁷And 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.

²⁸So Absalom^H53 dwelt^H3427 two full^H3117 years^H8141 in Jerusalem^H3389, and saw^H7200 not the king's^H4428 face^H6440.²⁹Therefore Absalom^H53 sent^H7971 for Joab^H3097, to have sent^H7971 him to the king^H4428; but he would^H14 not come^H935 to him: and when he sent again^H7971 the second time^H8145, he would^H14 not come^H935.³⁰Therefore he said^H559 unto his servants^H5650, See^H7200, Joab's^H3097 field^H2513 is near^H413 mine^H3027, and he hath barley^H8184 there; go^H3212 and set^H3341 it on fire^H784. And Absalom's^H53 servants^H5650 set^H3341 the field^H2513 on fire^H784.³¹Then Joab^H3097 arose^H6965, and came^H935 to Absalom^H53 unto his house^H1004, and said^H559 unto him, Wherefore have thy servants^H5650 set^H3341 my field^H2513 on fire^H784?³²And Absalom^H53 answered^H559 Joab^H3097, Behold, I sent^H7971 unto thee, saying^H559, Come^H935 hither, that I may send^H7971 thee to the king^H4428, to say^H559, Wherefore am I come^H935 from Geshur^H1650? it had been good^H2896 for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see^H7200 the king's^H4428 face^H6440; and if there be^H3426 any iniquity^H5771 in me, let him kill^H4191 me.³³So Joab^H3097 came^H935 to the king^H4428, and told^H5046 him: and when he had called^H7121 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.