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2 Samuel 14:3
Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
2 Samuel 14:3 · World English Bible
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2 Samuel 14:3 in other translations
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab put the words in her mouth.
Go in to the king, and speak like this to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
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In context
1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
2 Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil; but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.
3 Go in to the king and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, showed respect, and said, “Help, O king!”
5 The king said to her, “What ails you?” She answered, “Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.
6 Your servant had two sons; and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other and killed him.
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