2 Samuel 14:2-20

2And JoabH3097 sentH7971 to TekoaH8620, and fetched thence a wiseH2450 womanH802, and saidH559 unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to beH1961 a mourner, and putH4191 on mourningH60 apparel, I pray thee, and anointH5480 not thyself with oilH8081, but beH1961 as a womanH802 that hath a long time mournedH56 for the deadH4191: 3and goH935 in to the kingH4428, and speakH1696 on this mannerH1697 unto him. So JoabH3097 putH7760 the wordsH1697 in her mouthH6310.

4And when the womanH802 of Tekoa spake to the kingH4428, she fellH5307 on her faceH639 to the groundH776, and did obeisance, and saidH559, Help, O kingH4428. 5And the kingH4428 saidH559 unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widowH490, and my husbandH376 is deadH4191. 6And thy handmaid had twoH8147 sonsH1121, and they twoH8147 strove together in the fieldH7704, and there was none to part them, but the oneH259 smote the other, and killed him. 7And, behold, the whole familyH4940 is risenH6965 against thy handmaid, and they sayH559, Deliver him that smote his brotherH251, that we may killH2026 him for the lifeH5315 of his brotherH251 whom he slewH2026, and so destroyH8045 the heir alsoH1571. Thus will they quenchH3518 my coalH1513 which is leftH7604, and will leaveH7604 to my husbandH376 neither nameH8034 nor remainder upon the faceH6440 of the earthH127.

8And the kingH4428 saidH559 unto the womanH802, Go to thy houseH1004, and I will give charge concerning thee. 9And the womanH802 of Tekoa saidH559 unto the kingH4428, My lordH113, O kingH4428, the iniquityH5771 be on me, and on my father’sH1 houseH1004; and the kingH4428 and his throneH3678 be guiltless. 10And the kingH4428 saidH559, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bringH935 him to me, and he shall not touchH5060 thee any more. 11Then saidH559 she, I pray thee, let the kingH4428 rememberH2142 Jehovah thy GodH430, that the avengerH1350 of bloodH1818 destroyH7843 not any more, lest they destroyH7843 my sonH1121. And he saidH559, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hairH8185 of thy sonH1121 fallH5307 to the earthH776.

12Then the womanH802 saidH559, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speakH1696 a wordH1697 unto my lordH113 the kingH4428. And he saidH559, SayH559 on. 13And the womanH802 saidH559, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thingH1697 against the peopleH5971 of GodH430? for in speakingH1696 this wordH1697 the kingH4428 is as oneH2088 that is guiltyH818, in that the kingH4428 doth not fetch home again his banishedH5080 oneH2088. 14For we must needs dieH4191, and are as waterH4325 spilt on the groundH776, which cannot be gatheredH622 up again; neither doth GodH430 takeH5375 awayH5375 lifeH5315, but deviseth means, that he that is banishedH5080 be not an outcastH5080 from him. 15NowH6258 thereforeH6258 seeing that I am comeH935 to speakH1696 this wordH1697 unto my lordH113 the kingH4428, it is because the peopleH5971 have madeH6213 me afraidH3372: and thy handmaid saidH559, I will nowH6258 speakH1696 unto the kingH4428; it may be that the kingH4428 will perform the request of his servantH8198. 16For the kingH4428 will hearH8085, to deliverH5337 his servantH519 out of the handH3709 of the manH376 that would destroyH8045 me and my sonH1121 togetherH3162 out of the inheritanceH5159 of GodH430. 17Then thy handmaid saidH559, Let, I pray thee, the wordH1697 of my lord the kingH4428 beH1961 comfortable; for as an angelH4397 of GodH430, soH3651 is my lord the kingH4428 to discern goodH2896 and badH7451: and Jehovah thy GodH430 beH1961 with thee.

18Then the kingH4428 answered and saidH559 unto the womanH802, HideH3582 not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall askH7592 thee. And the womanH802 saidH559, Let my lordH113 the kingH4428 now speakH1696. 19And the kingH4428 saidH559, Is the handH3027 of JoabH3097 with thee in all this? And the womanH802 answered and saidH559, As thy soulH5315 liveth, my lordH113 the kingH4428, none can turn to the rightH3231 handH3027 or to the left from aught that my lordH113 the kingH4428 hath spokenH1696; for thy servantH5650 JoabH3097, he bade me, and he putH7760 all these wordsH1697 in the mouthH6310 of thy handmaid; 20to changeH5437 the faceH6440 of the matterH1697 hath thy servantH5650 JoabH3097 done this thingH1697: and my lordH113 is wiseH2450, according to the wisdomH2451 of an angelH4397 of GodH430, to knowH3045 all thingsH1697 that are in the earthH776.