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@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ Joab Arranges for Absalom's Return
2. So he sent for a woman from Tekoa who had a reputation for great wisdom. He said to her, "Pretend you are in mourning; wear mourning clothes and don't put on lotions. Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.
3. Then go to the king and tell him the story I am about to tell you." Then Joab told her what to say.
4. When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, "O king! Help me!"
4. When the woman from Tekoa approached the king, she bowed with her face to the ground in deep respect and cried out, "O king!
Help me!"
5. "What's the trouble?" the king asked.
"Alas, I am a widow!" she replied. "My husband is dead.
6. My two sons had a fight out in the field. And since no one was there to stop it, one of them was killed.
7. Now the rest of the family is demanding, 'Let us have your son. We will execute him for murdering his brother. He doesn't deserve to inherit his family's property.' They want to extinguish the only coal I have left, and my husband's name and family will disappear from the face of the earth."
@@ -22,8 +25,10 @@ Joab Arranges for Absalom's Return
"As surely as the LORD lives," he replied, "not a hair on your son's head will be disturbed!"
12. "Please allow me to ask one more thing of my lord the king," she said.
"Go ahead and speak," he responded.
13. She replied, "Why don't you do as much for the people of God as you have promised to do for me? You have convicted yourself in making this decision, because you have refused to bring home your own banished son.
14. All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled out on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God does not just sweep life away; instead, he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him.
@@ -34,8 +39,10 @@ Joab Arranges for Absalom's Return
18. "I must know one thing," the king replied, "and tell me the truth."
"Yes, my lord the king," she responded.
19. "Did Joab put you up to this?"
And the woman replied, "My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide anything from you. Yes, Joab sent me and told me what to say.
20. He did it to place the matter before you in a different light. But you are as wise as an angel of God, and you understand everything that happens among us!"
21. So the king sent for Joab and told him, "All right, go and bring back the young man Absalom."
@@ -43,7 +50,10 @@ And the woman replied, "My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide any
22. Joab bowed with his face to the ground in deep respect and said, "At last I know that I have gained your approval, my lord the king, for you have granted me this request!"
23. Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.
24. But the king gave this order: "Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence." So Absalom did not see the king.Absalom Reconciled to David
24. But the king gave this order: "Absalom may go to his own house, but he must never come into my presence." So Absalom did not see the king.
Absalom Reconciled to David
25. Now Absalom was praised as the most handsome man in all Israel. He was flawless from head to foot.
26. He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds!
@@ -60,3 +70,4 @@ And the woman replied, "My lord the king, how can I deny it? Nobody can hide any
33. So Joab told the king what Absalom had said. Then at last David summoned Absalom, who came and bowed low before the king, and the king kissed him.