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| [1]Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. |
[1]Now JoabH3097 the sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870 perceivedH3045[H8799] that the king'sH4428 heartH3820 was toward AbsalomH53. |
| [2]And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her: 'I pray thee, feign thyself to be mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead; |
[2]And JoabH3097 sentH7971[H8799] to TekoahH8620, and fetchedH3947[H8799] thence a wiseH2450 womanH802, and saidH559[H8799] unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mournerH56[H8693], and put onH3847[H8798] now mourningH60 apparelH899, and anointH5480[H8799] not thyself with oilH8081, but be as a womanH802 that had a longH7227 timeH3117 mournedH56[H8690] for the deadH4191:[H8801] |
| [3]And go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him.' So Joab put the words in her mouth. |
[3]And comeH935[H8804] to the kingH4428, and speakH1696[H8765] on this mannerH1697 unto him. So JoabH3097 putH7760[H8799] the wordsH1697 in her mouthH6310. |
| [4]And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and prostrated herself, and said: 'Help, O king.' |
[4]And when the womanH802 of TekoahH8621 spakeH559[H8799] to the kingH4428, she fellH5307[H8799] on her faceH639 to the groundH776, and did obeisanceH7812[H8691], and saidH559[H8799], HelpH3467[H8685], O kingH4428. |
| [5]And the king said unto her: 'What aileth thee?' And she answered: 'Of a truth I am a widow, my husband being dead. |
[5]And the kingH4428 saidH559[H8799] unto her, What aileth thee? And she answeredH559[H8799], I am indeedH61 a widowH490 womanH802, and mine husbandH376 is deadH4191.[H8799] |
| [6]And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him. |
[6]And thy handmaidH8198 had twoH8147 sonsH1121, and they twoH8147 strove togetherH5327[H8735] in the fieldH7704, and there was none to partH5337[H8688] them, but the oneH259 smoteH5221[H8686] the otherH259, and slewH4191 himH8686. |
| [7]And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they said: Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.' |
[7]And, behold, the whole familyH4940 is risenH6965[H8804] against thine handmaidH8198, and they saidH559[H8799], DeliverH5414[H8798] him that smoteH5221[H8688] his brotherH251, that we may killH4191[H8686] him, for the lifeH5315 of his brotherH251 whom he slewH2026[H8804]; and we will destroyH8045[H8686] the heirH3423[H8802] also: and so they shall quenchH3518[H8765] my coalH1513 which is leftH7760[H8800], and shall not leaveH7604[H8738] to my husbandH376 neither nameH8034 nor remainderH7611 uponH6440 the earthH127. |
| [8]And the king said unto the woman: 'Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.' |
[8]And the kingH4428 saidH559[H8799] unto the womanH802, GoH3212[H8798] to thine houseH1004, and I will give chargeH6680 concerning theeH8762. |
| [9]And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king: 'My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.' |
[9]And the womanH802 of TekoahH8621 saidH559[H8799] 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 guiltlessH5355. |
| [10]And the king said: 'Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.' |
[10]And the kingH4428 saidH559[H8799], Whosoever saithH1696[H8764] ought unto thee, bringH935[H8689] him to me, and he shall not touchH5060[H8800] thee any moreH3254.[H8686] |
| [11]Then said she: 'I pray thee, let the king remember 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.' And he said: 'As 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.' |
[11]Then saidH559[H8799] she, I pray thee, let the kingH4428 rememberH2142[H8799] the LORDH3068 thy GodH430, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengersH1350[H8802] of bloodH1818 to destroyH7843[H8763] any moreH7235[H8687], lest they destroyH8045[H8686] my sonH1121. And he saidH559[H8799], As the LORDH3068 livethH2416, there shall not one hairH8185 of thy sonH1121 fallH5307[H8799] to the earthH776. |
| [12]Then the woman said: 'Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king.' And he said: 'Say on.' |
[12]Then the womanH802 saidH559[H8799], Let thine handmaidH8198, I pray thee, speakH1696[H8762] one wordH1697 unto my lordH113 the kingH4428. And he saidH559[H8799], Say onH1696.[H8761] |
| [13]And the woman said: 'Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one that is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished one. |
[13]And the womanH802 saidH559[H8799], Wherefore then hast thou thoughtH2803[H8804] such a thing against the peopleH5971 of GodH430? for the kingH4428 doth speakH1696[H8693] this thingH1697 as one which is faultyH818, in that the kingH4428 doth not fetch home againH7725[H8687] his banishedH5080.[H8737] |
| [14]For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person; but let him devise means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him. |
[14]For we must needsH4191[H8800] dieH4191[H8799], and are as waterH4325 spiltH5064[H8737] on the groundH776, which cannot be gathered up againH622[H8735]; neither doth GodH430 respectH5375[H8799] any personH5315: yet doth he deviseH2803[H8804] meansH4284, that his banishedH5080[H8737] be not expelledH5080 from himH8799. |
| [15]Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy handmaid said: I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant. |
[15]Now therefore that I am comeH935[H8804] to speakH1696[H8763] of this thingH1697 unto my lordH113 the kingH4428, it is because the peopleH5971 have made me afraidH3372[H8765]: and thy handmaidH8198 saidH559[H8799], I will now speakH1696[H8762] unto the kingH4428; it may be that the kingH4428 will performH6213[H8799] the requestH1697 of his handmaidH519. |
| [16]For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. |
[16]For the kingH4428 will hearH8085[H8799], to deliverH5337[H8687] his handmaidH519 out of the handH3709 of the manH376 that would destroyH8045[H8687] me and my sonH1121 togetherH3162 out of the inheritanceH5159 of GodH430. |
| [17]Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for my comfort; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 thy God be with thee.' |
[17]Then thine handmaidH8198 saidH559[H8799], The wordH1697 of my lordH113 the kingH4428 shall now be comfortableH4496: for as an angelH4397 of GodH430, so is my lordH113 the kingH4428 to discernH8085[H8800] goodH2896 and badH7451: therefore the LORDH3068 thy God will be with theeH430. |
| [18]Then the king answered and said unto the woman: 'Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee.' And the woman said: 'Let my lord the king now speak.' |
[18]Then the kingH4428 answeredH6030[H8799] and saidH559[H8799] unto the womanH802, HideH3582[H8762] not from me, I pray thee, the thingH1697 that I shall askH7592[H8802] thee. And the womanH802 saidH559[H8799], Let my lordH113 the kingH4428 now speakH1696.[H8762] |
| [19]And the king said: 'Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answered and said: 'As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid; |
[19]And the kingH4428 saidH559[H8799], Is not the handH3027 of JoabH3097 with thee in all this? And the womanH802 answeredH6030[H8799] and saidH559[H8799], As thy soulH5315 livethH2416, my lordH113 the kingH4428, noneH376 canH786 turn to the right handH3231[H8687] or to the leftH8041[H8687] from ought that my lordH113 the kingH4428 hath spokenH1696[H8765]: for thy servantH5650 JoabH3097, he badeH6680[H8765] me, and he putH7760[H8804] all these wordsH1697 in the mouthH6310 of thine handmaidH8198: |
| [20]To change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.' |
[20]ToH5668 fetch aboutH5437[H8763] this formH6440 of speechH1697 hath thy servantH5650 JoabH3097 doneH6213[H8804] this thingH1697: and my lordH113 is wiseH2450, according to the wisdomH2451 of an angelH4397 of GodH430, to knowH3045[H8800] all things that are in the earthH776. |
| [21]And the king said unto Joab: 'Behold now, I have granted this request; go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.' |
[21]And the kingH4428 saidH559[H8799] unto JoabH3097, Behold now, I have doneH6213[H8804] this thingH1697: goH3212[H8798] therefore, bringH7725 the young manH5288 AbsalomH53 againH7725.[H8685] |
| [22]And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and prostrated himself, and blessed the king; and Joab said: 'To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favour in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of thy servant.' |
[22]And JoabH3097 fellH5307[H8799] to the groundH776 on his faceH6440, and bowedH7812[H8691] himself, and thankedH1288[H8762] the kingH4428: and JoabH3097 saidH559[H8799], To dayH3117 thy servantH5650 knowethH3045[H8804] that I have foundH4672[H8804] graceH2580 in thy sightH5869, my lordH113, O kingH4428, in that the kingH4428 hath fulfilledH6213[H8804] the requestH1697 of his servantH5650. |
| [23]So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. |
[23]So JoabH3097 aroseH6965[H8799] and wentH3212[H8799] to GeshurH1650, and broughtH935[H8686] AbsalomH53 to JerusalemH3389. |
| [24]And the king said: 'Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face.' So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. |
[24]And the kingH4428 saidH559[H8799], Let him turnH5437[H8735] to his own houseH1004, and let him not seeH7200[H8799] my faceH6440. So AbsalomH53 returnedH5437[H8735] to his own houseH1004, and sawH7200[H8804] not the king'sH4428 faceH6440. |
| [25]Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty; from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. |
[25]But in all IsraelH3478 there was noneH376 to be so muchH3966 praisedH1984[H8763] as AbsalomH53 for his beautyH3303: from the soleH3709 of his footH7272 even to the crown of his headH6936 there was no blemish in himH3971. |
| [26]And when he polled his head—now it was at every year's end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it—he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight. |
[26]And when he polledH1548[H8763] his headH7218, (for it was at every year'sH3117[H3117] endH7093 that he polledH1548[H8762] it: because the hair was heavyH3513[H8804] on him, therefore he polledH1548[H8765] it:) he weighedH8254[H8804] the hairH8181 of his headH7218 at two hundredH3967 shekelsH8255 after the king'sH4428 weightH68. |
| [27]And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of a fa countenance. |
[27]And unto AbsalomH53 there were bornH3205[H8735] threeH7969 sonsH1121, and oneH259 daughterH1323, whose nameH8034 was TamarH8559: she was a womanH802 of a fairH3303 countenanceH4758. |
| [28]And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the kings face. |
[28]So AbsalomH53 dweltH3427[H8799] two fullH3117 yearsH8141 in JerusalemH3389, and sawH7200[H8804] not the king'sH4428 faceH6440. |
| [29]Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king; but he would not come to him; and he sent again a second time, but he would not come. |
[29]Therefore AbsalomH53 sentH7971[H8799] for JoabH3097, to have sentH7971[H8800] him to the kingH4428; but he wouldH14[H8804] not comeH935[H8800] to him: and when he sent againH7971[H8799] the second timeH8145, he wouldH14[H8804] not comeH935.[H8800] |
| [30]Therefore he said unto his servants: 'See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire.' And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. |
[30]Therefore he saidH559[H8799] unto his servantsH5650, SeeH7200[H8798], Joab'sH3097 fieldH2513 is nearH413 mineH3027, and he hath barleyH8184 there; goH3212[H8798] and setH3341[H8685] it on fireH784. And Absalom'sH53 servantsH5650 setH3341[H8686] the fieldH2513 on fireH784. |
| [31]Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him: 'Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?' |
[31]Then JoabH3097 aroseH6965[H8799], and cameH935[H8799] to AbsalomH53 unto his houseH1004, and saidH559[H8799] unto him, Wherefore have thy servantsH5650 setH3341[H8689] my fieldH2513 on fireH784? |
| [32]And Absalom answered Joab: 'Behold, I sent unto thee, saying: Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say: Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still; now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.' |
[32]And AbsalomH53 answeredH559[H8799] JoabH3097, Behold, I sentH7971[H8804] unto thee, sayingH559[H8800], ComeH935[H8798] hither, that I may sendH7971[H8799] thee to the kingH4428, to sayH559[H8800], Wherefore am I comeH935[H8804] from GeshurH1650? it had been goodH2896 for me to have been there still: now therefore let me seeH7200[H8799] the king'sH4428 faceH6440; and if there beH3426 any iniquityH5771 in me, let him killH4191 meH8689. |
| [33]So Joab came to the king, and told him; and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom. |
[33]So JoabH3097 cameH935[H8799] to the kingH4428, and toldH5046[H8686] him: and when he had calledH7121[H8799] for AbsalomH53, he cameH935[H8799] to the kingH4428, and bowedH7812[H8691] himself on his faceH639 to the groundH776 beforeH6440 the kingH4428: and the kingH4428 kissedH5401[H8799] AbsalomH53. |