Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 14:3
3Go to the king and speak these words to him.” Then Joab told her exactly what to say.
2 Samuel 14:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Go to the king and speak thus to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Context of 2 Samuel 14:3
1Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king’s mind was on Absalom. 2So Joab sent someone to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. Go to the king and speak these words to him.” Then Joab told her exactly what to say. 4When the woman from Tekoa came to the king, she fell facedown to the ground, paid homage, and said, “Help me, Your Majesty!” 5“What’s the matter?” the king asked her. “Sadly, I am a widow; my husband died,” she said.
Read all of 2 Samuel 142 Samuel 14:3 word by word
וּבָאת֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְדִבַּ֥רְתְּ אֵלָ֖יו כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיָּ֧שֶׂם יוֹאָ֛ב אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים בְּפִֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 14:3
- 2 Samuel 14:19The king asked, “Did Joab put you up to all this?” The woman answered. “As you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or left from all my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave orders to me; he told your servant exactly what to say.
- Exodus 4:15You will speak with him and tell him what to say. I will help both you and him to speak and will teach you both what to do.
- Numbers 23:5Then the Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak and say what I tell you.”
- Deuteronomy 18:18I 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.
- Isaiah 51:16I have put my words in your mouth, and covered you in the shadow of my hand, in order to plant the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, “You are my people.”
- Isaiah 59:21“As for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the Lord: “My Spirit who is on you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth, or from the mouths of your children, or from the mouths of your children’s children, from now on and forever,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord reached out his hand, touched my mouth, and told me: I have now filled your mouth with my words.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Come to the king - The king as a judge was accessible to all his subjects (2 Samuel 15:2; compare 1 Kings 3:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-212Sa 14:1-21. Joab Instructs a Woman of Tekoah. 2-21. And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman--The king was strongly attached to Absalom; and having now got over his sorrow for the violent death of Amnon, he was desirous of again enjoying the society of his favorite son, who had now been three long years absent. But a dread of public opinion and a regard to the public interests made him hesitate about recalling or pardoning his guilty son…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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