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2 So Joab sent [someone] to Tekoa to get a clever woman from there. He told her, |Please act like a mourner, and dress in mourning clothes. Don't rub olive oil on yourself, but act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. 3 Go to the king, and tell him this....| Then Joab told her exactly what to say. 4 The woman from Tekoa came to the king and immediately bowed down with her face touching the ground. |Help [me], Your Majesty,| she said. 5 The king asked her, |What can I do for you?| She answered, |I'm a widow; my husband is dead. 2 Samuel 14:2-5, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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