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Chapter 14
Now
Ioab
the
sonne
of
Zeruiah,
perceiued
that
the
kings
heart
was
toward
Absalom.
2
And
Ioab
sent
to
Tekoah,
and
fetcht
thence
a
wise
woman,
and
said
vnto
her,
I
pray
thee,
faine
thy
selfe
to
be
a
mourner,
and
put
on
now
mourning
apparel,
and
anoint
not
thy
selfe
with
oile,
but
be
as
a
woman
that
had
a
long
time
mourned
for
the
dead:
3
And
come
to
the
king,
and
speake
on
this
maner
vnto
him:
so
Ioab
put
the
words
in
her
mouth.
4
And
when
the
woman
of
Tekoah
spake
to
the
king,
shee
fell
on
her
face
to
the
ground,
and
did
obeysance,
and
said,
Helpe,
O
king.
5
And
the
king
said
vnto
her,
What
aileth
thee?
And
she
answered,
I
am
indeed
a
widow
woman,
and
mine
husband
is
dead.
6
And
thy
handmayd
had
two
sonnes,
and
they
two
stroue
together
in
the
field,
and
there
was
none
to
part
them,
but
the
one
smote
the
other,
and
slew
him.
7
And
behold,
the
whole
family
is
risen
against
thine
handmayd,
and
they
said,
Deliuer
him
that
smote
his
brother,
that
we
may
kill
him,
for
the
life
of
his
brother
whom
he
slew,
and
we
will
destroy
the
heire
also:
and
so
they
shall
quench
my
cole
which
is
left,
and
shall
not
leaue
to
my
husband
neither
name
nor
remainder
vpon
the
earth.
8
And
the
king
saide
vnto
the
woman,
Goe
to
thine
house,
and
I
will
giue
charge
concerning
thee.
9
And
the
woman
of
Tekoah
said
vnto
the
king,
My
lord,
O
king,
the
iniquitie
bee
on
mee,
and
on
my
fathers
house:
and
the
king
and
his
throne
bee
guiltlesse.
10
And
the
king
said,
Whosoeuer
saith
ought
vnto
thee,
bring
him
to
mee,
and
he
shall
not
touch
thee
any
more.
11
Then
said
she,
I
pray
thee,
let
the
king
remember
the
Lord
thy
God,
that
thou
wouldest
not
suffer
the
reuengers
of
blood
to
destroy
any
more,
lest
they
destroy
my
sonne.
And
he
said,
As
the
Lord
liueth,
there
shall
not
one
haire
of
thy
sonne
fall
to
the
earth.
12
Then
the
woman
said,
Let
thine
handmayd,
I
pray
thee,
speake
one
word
vnto
my
lord
the
king.
And
hee
said,
Say
on.
13
And
the
woman
said,
Wherefore
then
hast
thou
thought
such
a
thing
against
the
people
of
God?
For
the
king
doeth
speake
this
thing
as
one
which
is
faulty,
in
that
the
king
doeth
not
fetch
home
againe
his
banished.
14
For
we
must
needs
die,
and
are
as
water
spilt
on
the
ground,
which
cannot
bee
gathered
vp
againe:
neither
doeth
God
respect
any
person,
yet
doeth
he
deuise
meanes,
that
his
banished
bee
not
expelled
from
him.
15
Now
therefore
that
I
am
come
to
speake
of
this
thing
vnto
my
lord
the
king,
it
is
because
the
people
haue
made
me
afraid:
and
thy
handmayd
said,
I
will
now
speake
vnto
the
king;
it
may
bee
that
the
king
will
performe
the
request
of
his
handmayd.
16
For
the
king
wil
heare,
to
deliuer
his
handmayd
out
of
the
hand
of
the
man
that
would
destroy
mee,
and
my
sonne
together
out
of
the
inheritance
of
God:
17
Then
thine
handmaid
said,
The
word
of
my
lord
the
king
shall
now
be
comfortable:
for
as
an
Angel
of
God,
so
is
my
lord
the
king
to
discerne
good
and
bad:
therfore
the
Lord
thy
God
will
be
with
thee.
18
Then
the
king
answered
and
said
vnto
the
woman,
Hide
not
from
me,
I
pray
thee,
the
thing
that
I
shall
aske
thee.
And
the
woman
said,
Let
my
lord
the
king
now
speake.
19
And
the
king
said,
Is
not
the
hand
of
Ioab
with
thee
in
all
this?
And
the
woman
answered
and
said,
As
thy
soule
liueth,
my
lord
the
king,
none
can
turne
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left
from
ought
that
my
lord
the
king
hath
spoken:
for
thy
seruant
Ioab,
hee
bade
me,
and
he
put
all
these
wordes
in
the
mouth
of
thine
handmaid:
20
To
fetch
about
this
forme
of
speech
hath
thy
seruant
Ioab
done
this
thing:
and
my
lord
is
wise,
according
to
the
wisedome
of
an
Angel
of
God,
to
know
all
things
that
are
in
the
earth.
21
And
the
king
said
vnto
Ioab,
Behold
now,
I
haue
done
this
thing:
goe
therefore,
bring
the
yong
man
Absalom
againe.
22
And
Ioab
fell
to
the
ground
on
his
face,
&
bowed
himselfe,
and
thanked
the
king:
and
Ioab
said,
To
day
thy
seruant
knoweth
that
I
haue
found
grace
in
thy
sight,
my
lord
O
king,
in
that
the
king
hath
fulfilled
the
request
of
his
seruant.
23
So
Ioab
arose,
and
went
to
Geshur,
&
brought
Absalom
to
Ierusalem.
24
And
the
king
said,
Let
him
turne
to
his
owne
house,
&
let
him
not
see
my
face.
So
Absalom
returned
to
his
owne
house,
and
sawe
not
the
kings
face.
25
But
in
all
Israel
there
was
none
to
be
so
much
praised
as
Absalom,
for
his
beautie:
from
the
sole
of
his
foot
euen
to
the
crowne
of
his
head,
there
was
no
blemish
in
him.
26
And
when
he
polled
his
head,
(for
it
was
at
euery
yeres
end
that
he
polled
it:
because
the
haire
was
heauy
on
him,
therefore
he
polled
it)
hee
weighed
the
haire
of
his
head
at
two
hundred
shekels
after
the
kings
weight.
27
And
vnto
Absalom
there
were
borne
three
sonnes,
and
one
daughter,
whose
name
was
Tamar:
shee
was
a
woman
of
a
faire
countenance.
28
So
Absalom
dwelt
two
full
yeeres
in
Ierusalem,
and
saw
not
the
kings
face.
29
Therefore
Absalom
sent
for
Ioab,
to
haue
sent
him
to
the
king,
but
hee
would
not
come
to
him:
and
when
hee
sent
againe
the
second
time,
hee
would
not
come.
30
Therefore
hee
said
vnto
his
seruants,
See,
Ioabs
field
is
neere
mine,
and
he
hath
barley
there:
goe,
and
set
it
on
fire:
and
Absaloms
seruants
set
the
field
on
fire.
31
Then
Ioab
arose,
and
came
to
Absalom
vnto
his
house,
and
said
vnto
him,
Wherefore
haue
thy
seruants
set
my
field
on
fire?
32
And
Absalom
answered
Ioab,
Behold,
I
sent
vnto
thee,
saying,
come
hither,
that
I
may
send
thee
to
the
king
to
say,
Wherefore
am
I
come
from
Geshur?
It
had
bene
good
for
mee
to
haue
bene
there
still:
now
therefore
let
me
see
the
kings
face:
and
if
there
bee
any
iniquitie
in
me,
let
him
kill
me.
33
So
Ioab
came
to
the
King,
and
told
him:
and
when
hee
had
called
for
Absalom,
he
came
to
the
king,
and
bowed
himselfe
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
the
king,
and
the
King
kissed
Absalom.
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