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14 ¶ Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought an astute woman from there and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner and put on mourning apparel and do not anoint thyself with oil, but be as a woman that has mourned for a long time for someone who is dead

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