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1 And Joab son of Zeruiah, knew that the king's heart was for Absalom. 2 And Joab will send to Tekoah and take from thence a wise woman, and he will say to her, Thou shalt mourn, and put on now garments of mourning, and thou shalt not be anointed with oil, and be thou as a woman this many days mourning for the dead: 3 And come to the king and speak to him according to this word. And Joab will put words in her mouth. 4 And the woman, the Tekoite, will speak to the king and fall upon her face to the earth, and worship him, and say, Save, O king! 5 And the king will say to her, What to thee? And she will say, Truly I a widow woman, and my husband will die. 6 And to thy servant two sons, and they two will strive in the field, and none delivering between them; and the one will smite the one and kill him. 7 And behold, all the family rose up against thy servant, and they will say, Give him striking his brother and we will kill him for the soul of his brother whom he slew; and they destroyed also the heir, and quenched my coal which was left, so that name was not set to my husband and remainder upon the face of the earth. 2 Samuel 14:1-7, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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