God’s Word Translation
2 Samuel 14:3
3Go to the king, and tell him this. …” 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, Zeruiah’s son, knew the king was still thinking about Absalom. 2So Joab sent ⌞someone⌟ to Tekoa to get a clever woman from there. He told her, “Please act like a mourner, and dress in mourning clothes. Don’t rub olive oil on yourself, but act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time. Go to the king, and tell him this. …” Then Joab told her exactly what to say. 4The woman from Tekoa came to the king and immediately bowed down with her face touching the ground. “Help ⌞me⌟, Your Majesty,” she said. 5The king asked her, “What can I do for you?” She answered, “I’m a widow; my husband is dead.
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 14:19“Did Joab put you up to this?” the king asked. The woman answered, “I solemnly swear on your life, Your Majesty, you are absolutely right. Yes, your servant Joab ordered me ⌞to do this⌟. He told me to say exactly what I said.
- Exodus 4:15You will speak to him and tell him what to say. I will help both of you speak, and I will teach you both what to do.
- Numbers 23:5The Lord told Balaam, “Go back to Balak, and give him my message.”
- Deuteronomy 18:18So I will send them a prophet, an Israelite like you. I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.
- Isaiah 51:16I put my words in your mouth and sheltered you in the palm of my hand. I stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and said to Zion, “You are my people.”
- Isaiah 59:21“This is my promise to them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit, who is on you, and my words that I put in your mouth will not leave you. They will be with your children and your grandchildren permanently,” says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 1:9Then the Lord stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. The Lord said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth.
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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