2 Samuel 14:3

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And come to the king and say these words to him. So Joab gave her words to say.

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  • 2 Sam 14:19 : 19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:
  • Exod 4:15 : 15 Let him give ear to your voice, and you will put my words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his, teaching you what you have to do.
  • Num 23:5 : 5 And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.
  • Deut 18:18 : 18 I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.
  • Isa 51:16 : 16 And I have put my words in your mouth, covering you with the shade of my hand, stretching out the heavens, and placing the earth on its base, and saying to Zion, You are my people.
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 And as for me, this is my agreement with them, says the Lord: my spirit which is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, will not go away from your mouth, or from the mouth of your seed, or from the mouth of your seed's seed, says the Lord, from now and for ever.
  • Jer 1:9 : 9 Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:

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  • 2 Sam 14:1-2
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    1 Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

    2 And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

  • 2 Sam 14:4-5
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    82%

    4 And the woman of Tekoa came to the king, and falling on her face, gave him honour and said, Give me help, O king.

    5 And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And her answer was, Truly I am a widow, and my husband is dead.

  • 2 Sam 14:15-21
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    80%

    15 And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.

    16 For the king will give ear, and take his servant out of the power of the man whose purpose is the destruction of me and my son together from the heritage of God.

    17 Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

    18 Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.

    19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:

    20 This he did, hoping that the face of this business might be changed: and my lord is wise, with the wisdom of the angel of God, having knowledge of everything on earth.

    21 And the king said to Joab, See now, I will do this thing: go then and Come back with the young man Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 20:16-18
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    78%

    16 Then a wise woman got up on the wall, and crying out from the town, said, Give ear, give ear; say now to Joab, Come near, so that I may have talk with you.

    17 And he came near, and the woman said, Are you Joab? And he said in answer, I am. Then she said, Give ear to your servant's words. And he said, I am giving ear.

    18 Then she said, In the old days, there was a saying, Let them put the question in Abel and in Dan, saying, Has what was ordered by men of good faith in Israel ever come to an end?

  • 2 Sam 14:8-10
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    8 And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.

    9 And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!

    10 And the king said, If anyone says anything to you, make him come to me, and he will do you no more damage.

  • 2 Sam 14:12-13
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    12 Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

    13 And the woman said, Why have you had such a thought about the people of God? (for in saying these very words the king has put himself in the wrong because he has not taken back the one whom he sent far away.)

  • 1 Kgs 2:17-18
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    17 Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?

    18 And Bath-sheba said, Good! I will make your request to the king.

  • 2 Sam 11:22
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    22 So the man went, and came to David, and gave him all the news which Joab had sent him to give; then David was angry with Joab and said, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall? who put Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, to death? did not a woman send a great stone down on him from the wall, putting him to death at Thebez? why did you go so near the wall?

  • 1 Kgs 1:12-14
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    12 So now, let me make a suggestion, so that you may keep your life safe and the life of your son Solomon.

    13 Come now, go to King David and say to him, Did you not, O my lord, take an oath to me, your servant, saying, Truly Solomon your son will be king after me, seated on the seat of my kingdom? why then is Adonijah acting as king?

    14 And while you are still talking there with the king, see, I will come in after you and say that your story is true.

  • 2 Sam 14:23
    72%

    23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and came back again to Jerusalem with Absalom.

  • 2 Sam 3:24
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    24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? when Abner came to you why did you send him away and let him go?

  • 2 Sam 14:31-33
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    31 Then Joab came to Absalom in his house and said to him, Why have your servants put my field on fire?

    32 And Absalom's answer was, See, I sent to you saying, Come here, so that I may send you to the king to say, Why have I come back from Geshur? it would be better for me to be there still: let me now see the king's face, and if there is any sin in me, let him put me to death.

    33 So Joab went to the king and said these words to him: and when the king had sent for him, Absalom came, and went down on his face on the earth before the king: and the king gave him a kiss.

  • 1 Kgs 14:5-6
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    71%

    5 And the Lord had said to Ahijah, The wife of Jeroboam is coming to get news from you about her son, who is ill; give her such and such an answer; for she will make herself seem to be another woman.

    6 Then Ahijah, hearing the sound of her footsteps coming in at the door, said, Come in, O wife of Jeroboam; why do you make yourself seem like another? for I am sent to you with bitter news.

  • 2 Sam 19:5
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    5 And Joab came into the house to the king and said, Today you have put to shame the faces of all your servants who even now have kept you and your sons and your daughters and your wives and all your women safe from death;

  • 1 Kgs 3:22
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    22 And the other woman said, No; but the living child is my son and the dead one yours. But the first said, No; the dead child is your son and the living one mine. So they kept on talking before the king.

  • 2 Sam 3:31
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    31 And David said to Joab and all the people who were with him, Go in grief and put haircloth about you, in sorrow for Abner. And King David went after the dead body.

  • 1 Kgs 1:28
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    28 Then King David in answer said, Send for Bath-sheba to come to me. And she came in and took her place before the king.

  • 1 Kgs 2:30-31
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    30 And Benaiah came to the Tent of the Lord and said to him, The king says, Come out. And he said, No; but let death come to me here. And Benaiah went back to the king and gave him word of the answer which Joab had given.

    31 And the king said, Do as he has said and make an attack on him there, and put his body into the earth; so that you may take away from me and from my family the blood of one put to death by Joab without cause.

  • 1 Kgs 2:14
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    14 Then he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.

  • 2 Kgs 8:3
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    3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

  • 2 Sam 3:16
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    16 And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.

  • Jer 22:1
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    1 This is what the Lord has said: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and there give him this word,

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

  • 1 Chr 21:4
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    4 But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 1:22
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    22 And while she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

  • 2 Sam 13:13
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    13 What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you.

  • 1 Kgs 1:16
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    16 And Bath-sheba went down on her face on the earth before the king giving him honour. And he said, What is your desire?

  • 2 Sam 13:35
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    35 And Jonadab said to the king, See, the king's sons are coming; as your servant said, so it is.

  • 1 Kgs 3:17
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    17 And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.

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