“Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.”

2 Samuel 14:1 (KJV) |

2 Samuel 14:1

From 2 Samuel 14, in the Book of 2 Samuel (Old Testament).

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Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

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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 anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

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And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

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