My LORD’s Bible2 Samuel 14
1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.
וַיֵּדַע יֹואָב בֶּן־צְרֻיָה כִּי־לֵב הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־אַבְשָׁלֹום׃ (1102)
See also: 2 Samuel 13:39, 2 Samuel 2:18, 2 Samuel 18:33, 2 Samuel 19:2, 2 Samuel 19:4, 1 Chronicles 2:16, Proverbs 29:26
2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
וַיִּשְׁלַח יֹואָב תְּקֹועָה וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה חֲכָמָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ הִתְאַבְּלִי־נָא וְלִבְשִׁי־נָא בִגְדֵי־אֵבֶל וְאַל־תָּסוּכִי שֶׁמֶן וְהָיִית כְּאִשָּׁה זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים מִתְאַבֶּלֶת עַל־מֵת׃ (6547)
See also: Ruth 3:3, 2 Samuel 20:16, 1 Kings 14:2, 2 Chronicles 11:6, 2 Samuel 23:26, Ecclesiastes 9:8, Amos 1:1, Matthew 6:17, 2 Samuel 12:20, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Nehemiah 3:5, Jeremiah 6:1, Luke 7:46, Genesis 38:19, 2 Samuel 11:26, 1 Kings 20:31, 1 Kings 20:38, 1 Kings 22:30, 1 Chronicles 2:24, Nehemiah 3:27
3And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
וּבָאת אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְדִבַּרְתְּ אֵלָיו כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַיָּשֶׂם יֹואָב אֶת־הַדְּבָרִים בְּפִיהָ׃ (2571)
See also: 2 Samuel 14:19, Exodus 4:15, Deuteronomy 31:19, Numbers 23:5, Deuteronomy 18:18, Ezra 8:17, Isaiah 51:16, Isaiah 59:21, Jeremiah 1:9
4And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה הַתְּקֹעִית אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַתִּפֹּל עַל־אַפֶּיהָ אַרְצָה וַתִּשְׁתָּחוּ וַתֹּאמֶר הֹושִׁעָה הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (5325)
See also: 2 Kings 6:26, Mark 10:35, 1 Samuel 25:23, 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 18:28, Genesis 43:28, 1 Samuel 20:41, 2 Samuel 16:4, 2 Kings 8:3, Job 29:12-14, Luke 18:3-5
5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
וַיֹּאמֶר־לָהּ הַמֶּלֶךְ מַה־לָּךְ וַתֹּאמֶר אֲבָל אִשָּׁה־אַלְמָנָה אָנִי וַיָּמָת אִישִׁי׃ (2432)
See also: 2 Kings 6:28, Luke 18:3, Genesis 27:24, Genesis 38:19, Judges 9:8-15, Judges 18:23, 2 Samuel 12:1-3, 1 Kings 20:39, Isaiah 22:1
6And 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 slew him.
וּלְשִׁפְחָתְךָ שְׁנֵי בָנִים וַיִּנָּצוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם בַּשָּׂדֶה וְאֵין מַצִּיל בֵּינֵיהֶם וַיַּכֹּו הָאֶחָד אֶת־הָאֶחָד וַיָּמֶת אֹתֹו׃ (3880)
See also: Genesis 4:8, Psalms 7:2, Genesis 27:45, Exodus 2:13, Exodus 21:18, Deuteronomy 22:26-27, Judges 18:28, 1 Kings 11:29
7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine 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 we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
וְהִנֵּה קָמָה כָל־הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה עַל־שִׁפְחָתֶךָ וַיֹּאמְרוּ תְּנִי ׀ אֶת־מַכֵּה אָחִיו וּנְמִתֵהוּ בְּנֶפֶשׁ אָחִיו אֲשֶׁר הָרָג וְנַשְׁמִידָה גַּם אֶת־הַיֹּורֵשׁ וְכִבּוּ אֶת־גַּחַלְתִּי אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאָרָה לְבִלְתִּי [שֹׂום־ כ] (שִׂים־לְאִישִׁי ק) שֵׁם וּשְׁאֵרִית עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה׃ (11008)
See also: Numbers 35:19, Numbers 35:12, Matthew 21:38, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 27:45, Deuteronomy 19:12-13, Deuteronomy 25:6, 2 Samuel 12:17, 2 Samuel 21:17, Luke 7:12, Deuteronomy 19:6
8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה לְכִי לְבֵיתֵךְ וַאֲנִי אֲצַוֶּה עָלָיִךְ׃ (1515)
9And the woman of Tekoah 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.
וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה הַתְּקֹועִית אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ עָלַי אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ הֶעָוֹן וְעַל־בֵּית אָבִי וְהַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאֹו נָקִי׃ (3361)
See also: 1 Samuel 25:24, Genesis 27:13, 1 Kings 2:33, Matthew 27:25, Numbers 35:33, Deuteronomy 21:1-9, 2 Samuel 3:28-29
10And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ הַמְדַבֵּר אֵלַיִךְ וַהֲבֵאתֹו אֵלַי וְלֹא־יֹסִיף עֹוד לָגַעַת בָּךְ׃ (1927)
See also: 2 Samuel 16:4
11Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
וַתֹּאמֶר יִזְכָּר־נָא הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ [מֵהַרְבִית כ] (מֵהַרְבַּת ק) גֹּאֵל הַדָּם לְשַׁחֵת וְלֹא יַשְׁמִידוּ אֶת־בְּנִי וַיֹּאמֶר חַי־יְהוָה אִם־יִפֹּל מִשַּׂעֲרַת בְּנֵךְ אָרְצָה׃ (6478)
See also: 1 Samuel 14:45, 2 Chronicles 20:12, 1 Kings 1:52, Matthew 10:30, Luke 12:7, Numbers 35:19, Luke 21:18, Numbers 35:21, Deuteronomy 19:4-10, 1 Samuel 28:10, 2 Samuel 14:21, Acts 27:34, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 24:2-3, Genesis 31:50, Numbers 35:27, Joshua 20:3-6, 1 Samuel 20:42, 2 Kings 25:24, Jeremiah 4:2
12Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה תְּדַבֶּר־נָא שִׁפְחָתְךָ אֶל־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ דָּבָר וַיֹּאמֶר דַּבֵּרִי׃ (3293)
See also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 44:18, 1 Samuel 25:24, 2 Samuel 20:17, 1 Kings 2:14, Jeremiah 12:1, Acts 26:1
13And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה וְלָמָּה חָשַׁבְתָּה כָּזֹאת עַל־עַם אֱלֹהִים וּמִדַּבֵּר הַמֶּלֶךְ הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה כְּאָשֵׁם לְבִלְתִּי הָשִׁיב הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־נִדְּחֹו׃ (4767)
See also: 2 Samuel 13:37-38, 2 Samuel 12:7, Judges 20:2, 1 Kings 20:40-42, 2 Samuel 7:8, Luke 7:42-44
14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
כִּי־מֹות נָמוּת וְכַמַּיִם הַנִּגָּרִים אַרְצָה אֲשֶׁר לֹא יֵאָסֵפוּ וְלֹא־יִשָּׂא אֱלֹהִים נֶפֶשׁ וְחָשַׁב מַחֲשָׁבֹות לְבִלְתִּי יִדַּח מִמֶּנּוּ נִדָּח׃ (5009)
See also: Hebrews 9:27, Job 30:23, Numbers 35:28, Numbers 35:15, Numbers 35:25, Job 34:15, Job 14:7-12, Job 14:14, Psalms 22:14, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ezekiel 33:11, 1 Samuel 7:6, 2 Samuel 11:25, Psalms 58:7, Psalms 79:3, Psalms 90:10, Ecclesiastes 3:19-20, Matthew 22:16, Romans 2:11, Genesis 5:5
15Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing 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 handmaid.
וְעַתָּה אֲשֶׁר־בָּאתִי לְדַבֵּר אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲדֹנִי אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה כִּי יֵרְאֻנִי הָעָם וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁפְחָתְךָ אֲדַבְּרָה־נָּא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ אוּלַי יַעֲשֶׂה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַר אֲמָתֹו׃ (6292)
See also: Job 9:23
16For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
כִּי יִשְׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַצִּיל אֶת־אֲמָתֹו מִכַּף הָאִישׁ לְהַשְׁמִיד אֹתִי וְאֶת־בְּנִי יַחַד מִנַּחֲלַת אֱלֹהִים׃ (3919)
See also: 1 Samuel 26:19
17Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee.
וַתֹּאמֶר שִׁפְחָתְךָ יִהְיֶה־נָּא דְּבַר־אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ לִמְנוּחָה כִּי ׀ כְּמַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים כֵּן אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ לִשְׁמֹעַ הַטֹּוב וְהָרָע וַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ יְהִי עִמָּךְ׃ (3499)
See also: 1 Kings 3:9, Isaiah 11:3, 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 14:20, Hebrews 5:14, 2 Samuel 19:27, Proverbs 29:5, Exodus 18:19, Job 32:21, 1 Corinthians 2:15, Galatians 4:14, 1 Kings 10:3, Job 6:30, Job 9:23, Proverbs 27:21, Daniel 5:11, Zechariah 12:8, 1 Corinthians 2:14-15, 1 Kings 3:28, 1 Corinthians 2:4
18Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
וַיַּעַן הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אַל־נָא תְכַחֲדִי מִמֶּנִּי דָּבָר אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי שֹׁאֵל אֹתָךְ וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה יְדַבֶּר־נָא אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (4419)
19And the king said, Is not 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 ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ הֲיַד יֹואָב אִתָּךְ בְּכָל־זֹאת וַתַּעַן הָאִשָּׁה וַתֹּאמֶר חֵי־נַפְשְׁךָ אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ אִם־אִשׁ ׀ לְהֵמִין וּלְהַשְׂמִיל מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי־עַבְדְּךָ יֹואָב הוּא צִוָּנִי וְהוּא ם בְּפִי שִׁפְחָתְךָ אֵת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה׃ (7262)
See also: 2 Samuel 14:3, 2 Samuel 18:13, 1 Samuel 1:26, Exodus 4:15, Numbers 20:17, Deuteronomy 5:32, Deuteronomy 17:11, Deuteronomy 28:14, Joshua 1:7, 1 Samuel 17:55, 1 Samuel 20:3, 1 Samuel 25:26, 2 Samuel 3:27, 2 Samuel 3:29, 2 Samuel 3:34, 2 Samuel 11:11, 2 Samuel 11:14-15, 1 Kings 2:5-6, 2 Kings 2:2, Ezra 8:17
20To fetch about this form of speech 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.
לְבַעֲבוּר סַבֵּב אֶת־פְּנֵי הַדָּבָר עָשָׂה עַבְדְּךָ יֹואָב אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וַאדֹנִי חָכָם כְּחָכְמַת מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים לָדַעַת אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ׃ (4803)
See also: 1 Samuel 29:9, 2 Samuel 14:17, 2 Samuel 19:27, 1 Samuel 16:18, Job 32:21, Genesis 3:5, 2 Samuel 5:23, 1 Kings 10:3, Job 38:16-41, Proverbs 26:28, Proverbs 29:5, 1 Corinthians 8:1-2
21And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־יֹואָב הִנֵּה־נָא עָשִׂיתִי אֶת־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה וְלֵךְ הָשֵׁב אֶת־הַנַּעַר אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹום׃ (3801)
22And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
וַיִּפֹּל יֹואָב אֶל־פָּנָיו אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ וַיְבָרֶךְ אֶת־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיֹּאמֶר יֹואָב הַיֹּום יָדַע עַבְדְּךָ כִּי־מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ אֲדֹנִי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂה הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־דְּבַר [עַבְדֹּו כ] (עַבְדֶּךָ׃ ק) (5426)
See also: Nehemiah 2:5, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 47:7, Exodus 33:16-17, Numbers 32:5, Ruth 2:2, 1 Samuel 20:3, 2 Samuel 13:25, 2 Samuel 16:4, 2 Samuel 19:39, Nehemiah 11:2, Job 29:11, Job 31:20, Proverbs 31:28
23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
וַיָּקָם יֹואָב וַיֵּלֶךְ גְּשׁוּרָה וַיָּבֵא אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹום יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ (2140)
See also: 2 Samuel 13:37, 1 Samuel 27:8, 2 Samuel 3:3, 2 Samuel 13:38, 2 Samuel 15:8, 1 Chronicles 3:2
24And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king’s face.
וַיֹּאמֶר הַמֶּלֶךְ יִסֹּב אֶל־בֵּיתֹו וּפָנַי לֹא יִרְאֶה וַיִּסֹּב אַבְשָׁלֹום אֶל־בֵּיתֹו וּפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ לֹא רָאָה׃ (2650)
See also: Revelation 22:4, Genesis 33:10, Genesis 43:3, Exodus 10:28, 2 Samuel 3:13, 2 Samuel 14:28, 1 Kings 1:53, 1 Kings 2:36, 1 Chronicles 15:1, 2 Samuel 3:3
25But 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.
וּכְאַבְשָׁלֹום לֹא־הָיָה אִישׁ־יָפֶה בְּכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַלֵּל מְאֹד מִכַּף רַגְלֹו וְעַד קָדְקֳדֹו לֹא־הָיָה בֹו מוּם׃ (2413)
See also: Proverbs 31:30, 1 Samuel 16:7, Isaiah 1:6, Deuteronomy 28:35, Esther 1:11, Job 2:7, 1 Samuel 9:2, Daniel 1:4, 1 Kings 1:6, Matthew 23:27, Proverbs 27:21, Ezekiel 23:15, Ephesians 5:27, Psalms 119:96
26And when he polled his head, (for 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.
וּבְגַלְּחֹו אֶת־רֹאשֹׁו וְהָיָה מִקֵּץ יָמִים ׀ לַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר יְגַלֵּחַ כִּי־כָבֵד עָלָיו וְגִלְּחֹו וְשָׁקַל אֶת־שְׂעַר רֹאשֹׁו מָאתַיִם שְׁקָלִים בְּאֶבֶן הַמֶּלֶךְ׃ (5261)
See also: 2 Samuel 18:9, Ezekiel 44:20, 1 Corinthians 11:14, Genesis 23:16, Leviticus 19:36, Isaiah 3:24, Ezekiel 45:9-14
27And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
וַיִּוָּלְדוּ לְאַבְשָׁלֹום שְׁלֹושָׁה בָנִים וּבַת אַחַת וּשְׁמָהּ תָּמָר הִיא הָיְתָה אִשָּׁה יְפַת מַרְאֶה׃ (4500)
28So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
וַיֵּשֶׁב אַבְשָׁלֹום בִּירוּשָׁלִַם שְׁנָתַיִם יָמִים וּפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ לֹא רָאָה׃ (2663)
29Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
וַיִּשְׁלַח אַבְשָׁלֹום אֶל־יֹואָב לִשְׁלֹחַ אֹתֹו אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא אָבָה לָבֹוא אֵלָיו וַיִּשְׁלַח עֹוד שֵׁנִית וְלֹא אָבָה לָבֹוא׃ (3093)
30Therefore 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.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָיו רְאוּ חֶלְקַת יֹואָב אֶל־יָדִי וְלֹו־שָׁם שְׂעֹרִים לְכוּ [וְהֹוצִּתֵיהָ כ] (וְהַצִּיתוּהָ ק) בָאֵשׁ וַיַּצִּתוּ עַבְדֵי אַבְשָׁלֹום אֶת־הַחֶלְקָה בָּאֵשׁ׃ (5553)
See also: Judges 15:4-5, Exodus 22:6, Judges 15:5, 2 Samuel 13:28-29, 2 Samuel 14:29, 2 Samuel 15:10, 2 Samuel 18:14, 1 Kings 21:9-14, 2 Kings 9:33, 2 Kings 10:6-7
31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
וַיָּקָם יֹואָב וַיָּבֹא אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹום הַבָּיְתָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו לָמָּה הִצִּיתוּ עֲבָדֶךָ אֶת־הַחֶלְקָה אֲשֶׁר־לִי בָּאֵשׁ׃ (3405)
32And 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 had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
וַיֹּאמֶר אַבְשָׁלֹום אֶל־יֹואָב הִנֵּה שָׁלַחְתִּי אֵלֶיךָ ׀ לֵאמֹר בֹּא הֵנָּה וְאֶשְׁלְחָה אֹתְךָ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ לֵאמֹר לָמָּה בָּאתִי מִגְּשׁוּר טֹוב לִי עֹד אֲנִי־שָׁם וְעַתָּה אֶרְאֶה פְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּי עָוֹן וֶהֱמִתָנִי׃ (6555)
See also: 1 Samuel 20:8, Exodus 14:12, 2 Samuel 13:37, Proverbs 28:13, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 33:10, Genesis 43:3, Exodus 16:3, Exodus 17:3, 1 Samuel 15:13, 1 Samuel 27:8, 2 Samuel 13:38, 2 Samuel 15:8, 1 Chronicles 3:2, Psalms 36:2, Psalms 55:20, Jeremiah 2:22-23, Jeremiah 8:12, Matthew 25:44, Romans 3:19
33So 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.
וַיָּבֹא יֹואָב אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּגֶּד־לֹו וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־אַבְשָׁלֹום וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ לֹו עַל־אַפָּיו אַרְצָה לִפְנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּשַּׁק הַמֶּלֶךְ לְאַבְשָׁלֹום׃ (3539)