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2 Samuel 14:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Samuel 14:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead.(A) 3 Go to the king and speak to him as follows.” And Joab put the words into her mouth.(B)
4 When the woman of Tekoa came[a] to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance and said, “Help, O king!”(C)
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