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2 Samuel 14:2

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Samuel 14:2

Verse 2 of 33

Scripture focus

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:

2 Samuel 14:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 14:2

Theological / Devotional

Tekoah. A village about 5 mi. south of Bethlehem, best known as the home of the prophet Amos (Amos 1:1). Since it was near to Bethlehem, the ancestral home of Joab, he may have had personal knowledge of this woman whom he planned to use for carrying out his purpose. Tekoah is identified with the modern Tequ‘.

Feign thyself. It was Joab who contrived the parable and put the words in the woman’s mouth, but it would require great skill to enact the drama before the king.

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