2 Samuel 14:3 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 14:3

Absalom Returns to Jerusalem

1 So Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was concerned ^aabout Absalom.

2 And Joab sent to ^aTekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, ^band put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.

3 Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab ^aput the words in her mouth.

4 And when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she ^afell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself, and said, ^b“Help, O king!”

5 Then the king said to her, “What troubles you?” And she answered, ^a“Indeed I am a widow, my husband is dead.

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 14:3

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

Amplified® Bible
And go to the king and speak thus to him. And Joab told her what to say.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 14:2)

Darby English Version
and come to the king, and speak after this manner to him. And Joab put the words into her mouth.

Good News Bible
Then go to the king and say to him what I tell you to say." Then Joab told her what to say.

King James Version
And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.

New American Standard Bible
then go to the king and speak to him in this manner. So Joab put the words in her mouth."

New International Version
Then go to the king and speak these words to him." And Joab put the words in her mouth.

New King James Version
Go to the king and speak to him in this manner.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put the words in her mouth.

Revised Standard Version
and go to the king, and speak thus to him." So Jo'ab put the words in her mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast gone unto the king, and spoken unto him, according to this word;' and Joab putteth the words into her mouth.

New English Translation
Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say.¹

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