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   <v n='1'>Now <s n="3097">Joab</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="6870">Zeruiah</s> <s n="3045">perceived</s> <s n="3588">that</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="3820">heart</s> was <s n="5921">toward</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s>. </v>
   <v n='2'>And <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="7971">sent</s> to <s n="8620">Tekoah</s>, and <s n="3947">fetched</s> <s n="4480 8033">thence</s> a <s n="2450">wise</s> <s n="802">woman</s>, and <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> her, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, feign thyself to be a <s n="56">mourner</s>, and put <s n="3847">on</s> <s n="4994">now</s> <s n="60">mourning</s> <s n="899">apparel</s>, and <s n="5480">anoint</s> <s n="408">not</s> thyself with <s n="8081">oil</s>, but <s n="1961">be</s> as a <s n="802">woman</s> <s n="2088">that</s> had a <s n="7227">long</s> <s n="3117">time</s> <s n="56">mourned</s> <s n="5921">for</s> the <s n="4191">dead</s>: </v>
   <v n='3'>And <s n="935">come</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, and <s n="1696">speak</s> <s n="413">on</s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="1697">manner</s> <s n="413">unto</s> him. So <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="7760">put</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="1697">words</s> in her <s n="6310">mouth</s>. </v>
   <v n='4'>And when the <s n="802">woman</s> of <s n="8621">Tekoah</s> <s n="559">spoke</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, she <s n="5307">fell</s> <s n="5921">on</s> her <s n="639">face</s> to the <s n="776">ground</s>, and did <s n="7812">obeisance</s>, and <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="3467">Help</s>, O <s n="4428">king</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s> unto her, <s n="4100">What</s> aileth thee? And she <s n="559">answered</s>, <s n="589">I</s> am <s n="61">indeed</s> a <s n="490">widow</s> <s n="802">woman</s>, and mine <s n="376">husband</s> is <s n="4191">dead</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'>And thy <s n="8198">handmaid</s> had <s n="8147">two</s> <s n="1121">sons</s>, and they <s n="8147">two</s> strove <s n="5327">together</s> in the <s n="7704">field</s>, and there was <s n="369">none</s> to <s n="5337 996">part</s> them, but the <s n="259">one</s> <s n="5221">smote</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="259">other</s>, and <s n="4191">slew</s> him. </v>
   <v n='7'>And, <s n="2009">behold</s>, the <s n="3605">whole</s> <s n="4940">family</s> is <s n="6965">risen</s> <s n="5921">against</s> thine <s n="8198">handmaid</s>, and they <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="5414">Deliver</s> <s n="*853"></s> him that <s n="5221">smote</s> his <s n="251">brother</s>, that we may <s n="4191">kill</s> him, for the <s n="5315">life</s> of his <s n="251">brother</s> <s n="834">whom</s> he <s n="2026">slew</s>; and we will <s n="8045">destroy</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="3423">heir</s> <s n="1571">also</s>: and so they shall <s n="3518">quench</s> <s n="*853"></s> my <s n="1513">coal</s> <s n="834">which</s> is <s n="7604">left</s>, and shall <s n="1115">not</s> <s n="7604">leave</s> to my <s n="376">husband</s> neither <s n="8034">name</s> nor <s n="7611">remainder</s> <s n="5921 6440">upon</s> the <s n="127">earth</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="802">woman</s>, <s n="1980">Go</s> to thine <s n="1004">house</s>, and <s n="589">I</s> will give <s n="6680">charge</s> <s n="5921">concerning</s> thee. </v>
   <v n='9'>And the <s n="802">woman</s> of <s n="8621">Tekoah</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, My <s n="113">lord</s>, O <s n="4428">king</s>, the <s n="5771">iniquity</s> be <s n="5921">on</s> me, and <s n="5921">on</s> my <s n="1">father</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s>: and the <s n="4428">king</s> and his <s n="3678">throne</s> be <s n="5355">guiltless</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s>, Whosoever <s n="1696">saith</s> aught <s n="413">unto</s> thee, <s n="935">bring</s> him <s n="413">to</s> me, and he shall <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="5060">touch</s> thee <s n="3254">any</s> <s n="5750">more</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'>Then <s n="559">said</s> she, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, let the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="2142">remember</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="3068">LORD</s> thy <s n="430">God</s>, that thou wouldest <s n="3808">not</s> suffer the <s n="1350">revengers</s> of <s n="1818">blood</s> to <s n="7843">destroy</s> any <s n="7235">more</s>, lest they <s n="8045">destroy</s> <s n="*853"></s> my <s n="1121">son</s>. And he <s n="559">said</s>, As the <s n="3068">LORD</s> <s n="2416">liveth</s>, there shall <s n="518">not</s> one <s n="4480 8185">hair</s> of thy <s n="1121">son</s> <s n="5307">fall</s> to the <s n="776">earth</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'>Then the <s n="802">woman</s> <s n="559">said</s>, Let thine <s n="8198">handmaid</s>, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, <s n="1696">speak</s> one <s n="1697">word</s> <s n="413">unto</s> my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>. And he <s n="559">said</s>, Say <s n="1696">on</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'>And the <s n="802">woman</s> <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="4100">Wherefore</s> then hast thou <s n="2803">thought</s> <s n="2063">such</s> a thing <s n="5921">against</s> the <s n="5971">people</s> of <s n="430">God</s>? for the <s n="4428">king</s> doth <s n="4480 1696">speak</s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="1697">thing</s> as one which is <s n="818">faulty</s>, in that the <s n="4428">king</s> doth <s n="1115">not</s> fetch home <s n="7725">again</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="5080">banished</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'><s n="3588">For</s> we must needs <s n="4191 4191">die</s>, and are as <s n="4325">water</s> <s n="5064">spilt</s> on the <s n="776">ground</s>, <s n="834">which</s> <s n="3808">cannot</s> be gathered <s n="622">up</s> again; <s n="3808">neither</s> doth <s n="430">God</s> <s n="5375">respect</s> any <s n="5315">person</s>: yet doth he <s n="2803">devise</s> <s n="4284">means</s>, that his <s n="5080">banished</s> be not <s n="5080">expelled</s> <s n="4480">from</s> him. </v>
   <v n='15'><s n="6258">Now</s> therefore <s n="834">that</s> I am <s n="935">come</s> to <s n="1696">speak</s> of <s n="*853"></s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="1697">thing</s> <s n="413">unto</s> my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, it is <s n="3588">because</s> the <s n="5971">people</s> have made me <s n="3372">afraid</s>: and thy <s n="8198">handmaid</s> <s n="559">said</s>, I will <s n="4994">now</s> <s n="1696">speak</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>; it may <s n="194">be</s> that the <s n="4428">king</s> will <s n="6213">perform</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="1697">request</s> of his <s n="519">handmaid</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'><s n="3588">For</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> will <s n="8085">hear</s>, to <s n="5337">deliver</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="519">handmaid</s> out of the <s n="4480 3709">hand</s> of the <s n="376">man</s> that would <s n="8045">destroy</s> me and my <s n="1121">son</s> <s n="3162">together</s> out of the <s n="4480 5159">inheritance</s> of <s n="430">God</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'>Then thine <s n="8198">handmaid</s> <s n="559">said</s>, The <s n="1697">word</s> of my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> shall <s n="4994">now</s> <s n="1961">be</s> <s n="4496">comfortable</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> as an <s n="4397">angel</s> of <s n="430">God</s>, <s n="3651">so</s> is my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> to <s n="8085">discern</s> <s n="2896">good</s> and <s n="7451">bad</s>: therefore the <s n="3068">LORD</s> thy <s n="430">God</s> will <s n="1961">be</s> <s n="5973">with</s> thee. </v>
   <v n='18'>Then the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="6030">answered</s> and <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> the <s n="802">woman</s>, <s n="3582">Hide</s> <s n="408">not</s> <s n="4480">from</s> me, I pray <s n="4994">thee</s>, the <s n="1697">thing</s> <s n="834">that</s> <s n="595">I</s> shall <s n="7592">ask</s> thee. And the <s n="802">woman</s> <s n="559">said</s>, Let my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="4994">now</s> <s n="1696">speak</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s>, Is not the <s n="3027">hand</s> of <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="854">with</s> thee in <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="2063">this</s>? And the <s n="802">woman</s> <s n="6030">answered</s> and <s n="559">said</s>, As thy <s n="5315">soul</s> <s n="2416">liveth</s>, my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, none can <s n="518 786">turn</s> to the <s n="3231">right</s> hand or to the <s n="8041">left</s> from <s n="4480 3605">aught</s> <s n="834">that</s> my <s n="113">lord</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> hath <s n="1696">spoken</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> thy <s n="5650">servant</s> <s n="3097">Joab</s>, <s n="1931">he</s> <s n="6680">bade</s> me, and <s n="1931">he</s> <s n="7760">put</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="428">these</s> <s n="1697">words</s> in the <s n="6310">mouth</s> of thine <s n="8198">handmaid</s>: </v>
   <v n='20'><s n="5668">To</s> fetch <s n="5437">about</s> <s n="*853"></s> this <s n="6440">form</s> of <s n="1697">speech</s> hath thy <s n="5650">servant</s> <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="6213">done</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="1697">thing</s>: and my <s n="113">lord</s> is <s n="2450">wise</s>, according to the <s n="2451">wisdom</s> of an <s n="4397">angel</s> of <s n="430">God</s>, to <s n="3045">know</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="3605">all</s> things <s n="834">that</s> are in the <s n="776">earth</s>. </v>
   <v n='21'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> <s n="3097">Joab</s>, <s n="2009">Behold</s> <s n="4994">now</s>, I have <s n="6213">done</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="2088">this</s> <s n="1697">thing</s>: <s n="1980">go</s> therefore, <s n="7725">bring</s> <s n="*853"></s> the young <s n="5288">man</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s> again. </v>
   <v n='22'>And <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="5307">fell</s> to the <s n="776">ground</s> <s n="413">on</s> his <s n="6440">face</s>, and bowed <s n="7812">himself</s>, and <s n="1288">thanked</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="4428">king</s>: and <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="559">said</s>, <s n="3117">Today</s> thy <s n="5650">servant</s> <s n="3045">knoweth</s> <s n="3588">that</s> I have <s n="4672">found</s> <s n="2580">grace</s> in thy <s n="5869">sight</s>, my <s n="113">lord</s>, O <s n="4428">king</s>, in <s n="834">that</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> hath <s n="6213">fulfilled</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="1697">request</s> of his <s n="5650">servant</s>. </v>
   <v n='23'>So <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="6965">arose</s> and <s n="1980">went</s> to <s n="1650">Geshur</s>, and <s n="935">brought</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="53">Absalom</s> to <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
   <v n='24'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s>, Let him <s n="5437">turn</s> <s n="413">to</s> his own <s n="1004">house</s>, and let him <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="7200">see</s> my <s n="6440">face</s>. So <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="5437">returned</s> <s n="413">to</s> his own <s n="1004">house</s>, and <s n="7200">saw</s> <s n="3808">not</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="6440">face</s>. </v>
   <v n='25'>But in <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="3478">Israel</s> there <s n="1961">was</s> <s n="3808 376">none</s> to be so <s n="3966">much</s> <s n="1984">praised</s> as <s n="53">Absalom</s> for his <s n="3303">beauty</s>: from the <s n="4480 3709">sole</s> of his <s n="7272">foot</s> even <s n="5704">to</s> the crown of his <s n="6936">head</s> there <s n="1961">was</s> <s n="3808">no</s> <s n="3971">blemish</s> in him. </v>
   <v n='26'>And when he <s n="1548">polled</s> <s n="*853"></s> his <s n="7218">head</s>, (for it <s n="1961">was</s> at every year's <s n="4480 7093 3117 3117">end</s> <s n="834">that</s> he <s n="1548">polled</s> it: <s n="3588">because</s> the hair was <s n="3513">heavy</s> <s n="5921">on</s> him, therefore he <s n="1548">polled</s> it:) he <s n="8254">weighed</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="8181">hair</s> of his <s n="7218">head</s> at two <s n="3967">hundred</s> <s n="8255">shekels</s> after the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="68">weight</s>. </v>
   <v n='27'>And unto <s n="53">Absalom</s> there were <s n="3205">born</s> <s n="7969">three</s> <s n="1121">sons</s>, and <s n="259">one</s> <s n="1323">daughter</s>, whose <s n="8034">name</s> was <s n="8559">Tamar</s>: <s n="1931">she</s> <s n="1961">was</s> a <s n="802">woman</s> of a <s n="3303">fair</s> <s n="4758">countenance</s>. </v>
   <v n='28'>So <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="3427">dwelt</s> two full <s n="8141 3117">years</s> in <s n="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <s n="7200">saw</s> <s n="3808">not</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="6440">face</s>. </v>
   <v n='29'>Therefore <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="7971">sent</s> <s n="413">for</s> <s n="3097">Joab</s>, to have <s n="7971">sent</s> him <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>; but he <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="935">come</s> <s n="413">to</s> him: and when he <s n="7971">sent</s> <s n="5750">again</s> the second <s n="8145">time</s>, he <s n="14">would</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="935">come</s>. </v>
   <v n='30'>Therefore he <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> his <s n="5650">servants</s>, <s n="7200">See</s>, <s n="3097">Joab</s> 's <s n="2513">field</s> is <s n="413">near</s> <s n="3027">mine</s>, and he hath <s n="8184">barley</s> <s n="8033">there</s>; <s n="1980">go</s> and <s n="3341">set</s> it on <s n="784">fire</s>. And <s n="53">Absalom</s> 's <s n="5650">servants</s> <s n="3341">set</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="2513">field</s> on <s n="784">fire</s>. </v>
   <v n='31'>Then <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="6965">arose</s>, and <s n="935">came</s> <s n="413">to</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s> unto his <s n="1004">house</s>, and <s n="559">said</s> <s n="413">unto</s> him, <s n="4100">Wherefore</s> have thy <s n="5650">servants</s> <s n="3341">set</s> <s n="*853"></s> my <s n="2513">field</s> on <s n="784">fire</s>? </v>
   <v n='32'>And <s n="53">Absalom</s> <s n="559 413">answered</s> <s n="3097">Joab</s>, <s n="2009">Behold</s>, I <s n="7971">sent</s> <s n="413">unto</s> thee, <s n="559">saying</s>, <s n="935">Come</s> <s n="2008">hither</s>, that I may <s n="7971">send</s> thee <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, to <s n="559">say</s>, <s n="4100">Wherefore</s> am <s n="589">I</s> <s n="935">come</s> from <s n="4480 1650">Geshur</s>? it had been <s n="2896">good</s> for me to have been <s n="8033">there</s> <s n="5750">still</s>: <s n="6258">now</s> therefore let me <s n="7200">see</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="6440">face</s>; and <s n="518">if</s> there <s n="3426">be</s> any <s n="5771">iniquity</s> in me, let him <s n="4191">kill</s> me. </v>
   <v n='33'>So <s n="3097">Joab</s> <s n="935">came</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, and <s n="5046">told</s> him: and when he had <s n="7121">called</s> <s n="413">for</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s>, he <s n="935">came</s> <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, and <s n="7812">bowed</s> himself <s n="5921">on</s> his <s n="639">face</s> to the <s n="776">ground</s> <s n="6440">before</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>: and the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="5401">kissed</s> <s n="53">Absalom</s>. </v>
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