Now Joab
the son
of Zeruiah
perceived
that the king's
heart
was toward Absalom.
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:
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
Thekōe
Θεκωε
thekōe
say
for mourning
πενθικὰ
penthika
And come
to the king,
and speak
on this manner
unto him. So Joab
put
the words
in her mouth.
And when the woman
of Tekoah
spake
to the king,
she fell
on her face
to the ground,
and did obeisance,
and said,
Help,
O king.
Thekōitis
Θεκωῖτις
thekōitis
say
Sōson
Σῶσον
sōson
And the king
said
unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered,
I am indeed
a widow
woman,
and mine husband
is dead.
And thy handmaid
had two
sons,
and they two
strove together
in the field,
and there was none to part
them, but the one
smote
the other,
and slew
him.
And, behold, the whole family
is risen
against thine handmaid,
and they said,
Deliver
him that smote
his brother,
that we may kill
him, for the life
of his brother
whom he slew;
and we will destroy
the heir
also: and so they shall quench
my coal
which is left,
and shall not leave
to my husband
neither name
nor remainder
upon
the earth.
say
And the king
said
unto the woman,
Go
to thine house,
and I will give charge
concerning thee.
And the woman
of Tekoah
said
unto the king,
My lord,
O king,
the iniquity
be on me, and on my father's
house:
and the king
and his throne
be guiltless.
say
Thekōitis
Θεκωῖτις
thekōitis
And the king
said,
Whosoever saith
ought unto thee, bring
him to me, and he shall not touch
thee any more.
Then said
she, I pray thee, let the king
remember
the LORD
thy God,
that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers
of blood
to destroy
any more,
lest they destroy
my son.
And he said,
As the LORD
liveth,
there shall not one hair
of thy son
fall
to the earth.
say
next of kin
ἀγχιστέα
anchistea
say
Then the woman
said,
Let thine handmaid,
I pray thee, speak
one word
unto my lord
the king.
And he said,
Say on.
And the woman
said,
Wherefore then hast thou thought
such a thing against the people
of God?
for the king
doth speak
this thing
as one which is faulty,
in that the king
doth not fetch home again
his banished.
say
mistake in music
πλημμέλεια
plēmmeleia
For we must needs
die,
and are as water
spilt
on the ground,
which cannot be gathered up again;
neither doth God
respect
any person:
yet doth he devise
means,
that his banished
be not expelled
from him.
Now therefore that I am come
to speak
of this thing
unto my lord
the king,
it is because the people
have made me afraid:
and thy handmaid
said,
I will now speak
unto the king;
it may be that the king
will perform
the request
of his handmaid.
For the king
will hear,
to deliver
his handmaid
out of the hand
of the man
that would destroy
me and my son
together
out of the inheritance
of God.
Then thine handmaid
said,
The word
of my lord
the king
shall now be comfortable:
for as an angel
of God,
so is my lord
the king
to discern
good
and bad:
therefore the LORD
thy God
will be with thee.
say
Then the king
answered
and said
unto the woman,
Hide
not from me, I pray thee, the thing
that I shall ask
thee. And the woman
said,
Let my lord
the king
now speak.
say
say
And the king
said,
Is not the hand
of Joab
with thee in all this? And the woman
answered
and said,
As thy soul
liveth,
my lord
the king,
none
can
turn to the right hand
or to the left
from ought that my lord
the king
hath spoken:
for thy servant
Joab,
he bade
me, and he put
all these words
in the mouth
of thine handmaid:
say
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
say
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
To
fetch about
this form
of speech
hath thy servant
Joab
done
this thing:
and my lord
is wise,
according to the wisdom
of an angel
of God,
to know
all things that are in the earth.
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
And the king
said
unto Joab,
Behold now, I have done
this thing:
go
therefore, bring
the young man
Absalom
again.
And Joab
fell
to the ground
on his face,
and bowed
himself, and thanked
the king:
and Joab
said,
To day
thy servant
knoweth
that I have found
grace
in thy sight,
my lord,
O king,
in that the king
hath fulfilled
the request
of his servant.
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
say
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
So Joab
arose
and went
to Geshur,
and brought
Absalom
to Jerusalem.
And the king
said,
Let him turn
to his own house,
and let him not see
my face.
So Absalom
returned
to his own house,
and saw
not the king's
face.
say
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
But in all Israel
there was none
to be so much
praised
as Absalom
for his beauty:
from the sole
of his foot
even to the crown of his head
there was no blemish
in him.
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
praiseworthy
αἰνετὸς
ainetos
top
κορυφῆς
koryphēs
And when he polled
his head,
(for it was at every year's
end
that he polled
it: because the hair was heavy
on him, therefore he polled
it:) he weighed
the hair
of his head
at two hundred
shekels
after the king's
weight.
shekel
σίκλους
siklous
shekel
σίκλῳ
siklō
And unto Absalom
there were born
three
sons,
and one
daughter,
whose name
was Tamar:
she was a woman
of a fair
countenance.
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
Thēmar
Θημαρ
thēmar
Salōmōn
Σαλωμων
salōmōn
So Absalom
dwelt
two full
years
in Jerusalem,
and saw
not the king's
face.
Therefore Absalom
sent
for Joab,
to have sent
him to the king;
but he would
not come
to him: and when he sent again
the second time,
he would
not come.
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
Therefore he said
unto his servants,
See,
Joab's
field
is near
mine,
and he hath barley
there; go
and set
it on fire.
And Absalom's
servants
set
the field
on fire.
say
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
say
set on fire
ἐνεπύρισαν
enepyrisan
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
Then Joab
arose,
and came
to Absalom
unto his house,
and said
unto him, Wherefore have thy servants
set
my field
on fire?
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
say
set on fire
ἐνεπύρισαν
enepyrisan
And Absalom
answered
Joab,
Behold, I sent
unto thee, saying,
Come
hither, that I may send
thee to the king,
to say,
Wherefore am I come
from Geshur?
it had been good
for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see
the king's
face;
and if there be
any iniquity
in me, let him kill
me.
say
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
set a going
ἧκε
hēke
Gedsour
Γεδσουρ
gedsour
So Joab
came
to the king,
and told
him: and when he had called
for Absalom,
he came
to the king,
and bowed
himself on his face
to the ground
before
the king:
and the king
kissed
Absalom.
Iōab
Ιωαβ
iōab
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
Abessalōm
Αβεσσαλωμ
abessalōm
