2 Samuel 14:3

American Standard Version (1901)

and go in to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

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  • 2 Sam 14:19 : 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;
  • Exod 4:15 : 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
  • Num 23:5 : 5 And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
  • Isa 51:16 : 16 And I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 And as for me, this is my covenant with them, saith Jehovah: my Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith Jehovah, from henceforth and for ever.
  • Jer 1:9 : 9 Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:

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  • 2 Sam 14:1-2
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    1Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

    2And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

  • 2 Sam 14:4-5
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    4And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

    5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-21
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    15Now 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.

    16For 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.

    17Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.

    18Then 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.

    19And 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;

    20to 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.

    21And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.

  • 2 Sam 20:16-18
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    16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

    17And he came near unto her; and the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thy handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

    18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter] .

  • 2 Sam 14:8-10
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    8And the king said unto the woman, Go to thy house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

    9And 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.

    10And the king said, Whosoever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more.

  • 2 Sam 14:12-13
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    12Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.

    13And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 2:17-18
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    17And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king (for he will not say thee nay), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

    18And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
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    22So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for.

  • 1 Kgs 1:12-14
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    12Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

    13Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?

    14Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
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    23So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
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    24Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

  • 2 Sam 14:31-33
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    31Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?

    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 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.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:5-6
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    5And Jehovah said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquire of thee concerning her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her; for it will be, when she cometh in, that she will feign herself to be another woman.

    6And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.

  • 2 Sam 19:5
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    5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, who this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

  • 1 Kgs 3:22
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    22And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

  • 2 Sam 3:31
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    31And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
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    28Then king David answered and said, Call to me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:30-31
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    30And Benaiah came to the Tent of Jehovah, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

    31And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

  • 1 Kgs 2:14
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    14He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

  • 2 Kgs 8:3
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    3And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

  • 2 Sam 3:16
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    16And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return: and he returned.

  • Jer 22:1
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    1Thus said Jehovah: Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

  • 1 Kgs 1:32
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    32And king David said, Call to me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

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    4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

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    22And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

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    13And I, whither shall I carry my shame? and as for thee, thou wilt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

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    16And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?

  • 2 Sam 13:35
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    35And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons are come: as thy servant said, so it is.

  • 1 Kgs 3:17
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    17And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
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    12And Jehoshaphat said, The word of Jehovah is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.