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2 Samuel 14:3

Joab

1 Now Joab son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart longed for Absalom.

2 So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.

4 When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!”

5 “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
KJV
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
WEB
Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
ASV
and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
DARBY
and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.
BLB
And go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
ÅB
og gå så inn til kongen og tal slik til ham - og Joab la henne ordene i munnen.
OTB
Gå så til kongen og tal til ham på denne måten.” Joab instruerte henne om hva hun skulle si.
B1930
og gå så inn til kongen og tal således til ham - og Joab la henne ordene i munnen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 14:19

    So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

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  • Exodus 4:15

    You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.

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  • Isaiah 59:21

    “As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.

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  • Jeremiah 1:9

    Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

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  • Numbers 23:5

    Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

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  • Deuteronomy 18:18

    I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.

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  • Isaiah 51:16

    I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”

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