Verse 2

And 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:

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 11:6 : 6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
  • Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of os, who was ong the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  • Ruth 3:3 : 3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
  • 2 Sam 12:20 : 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
  • Jer 6:1 : 1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of usalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Beth-haccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.
  • 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
  • Neh 3:5 : 5 And xt unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their cks to the work of their Lord.
  • Neh 3:27 : 27 After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
  • Eccl 9:8 : 8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
  • 2 Sam 11:26 : 26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
  • Matt 6:17 : 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;