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2 Samuel 14:1

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

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  1. 2 Samuel 14:2

    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:

  2. 2 Samuel 14:3

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.