Verse 2

Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead:

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 11:6 : 6 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
  • Amos 1:1 : 1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  • Ruth 3:3 : 3 Wash yourself therefore, and anoint you, and put your clothing on you, and get you down to the threshing floor, but don't make yourself known to 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 clothing; and he came into the house of Yahweh, and worshiped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he ate.
  • Jer 6:1 : 1 Flee for safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise up a signal on Beth Haccherem; for evil looks forth from the north, and a great destruction.
  • 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 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, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Yahweh your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.
  • Neh 3:5 : 5 Next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles didn't put their necks to the work of their lord.
  • Neh 3:27 : 27 After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
  • Eccl 9:8 : 8 Let your garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil.
  • 2 Sam 11:26 : 26 When the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her husband.
  • Matt 6:17 : 17 But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;