2 Samuel 14:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹Then the king asked, “Is Joab behind all of this with you?”^[a]

“As your soul lives, your majesty, the king,” the woman answered, “no one can divert anything left or right from what your majesty the king has spoken! As a matter of fact, it was your servant Joab! He was there, giving me precise orders about everything that your humble servant was to say. Your servant Joab did this, ²⁰intending to change the outcome of this matter. Nevertheless, your majesty is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to be aware of everything that’s going on throughout the earth.”^[b]

David Authorizes Absalom’s Return

²¹Then the king addressed Joab, “Look! I’ll do this thing that you’ve requested.^[c] Go bring back the young man Absalom.”

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 14:19 Lit. Is the hand of Joab with you in
2 Samuel 14:20 Or land; or going on in the land
2 Samuel 14:21 The Heb. lacks that you’ve requested

2 Samuel 14:19-21

New International Version

¹⁹The king asked, “Isn’t the hand of Joab^(A) with you in all this?”

The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything my lord the king says. Yes, it was your servant Joab who instructed me to do this and who put all these words into the mouth of your servant. ²⁰Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom^(B) like that of an angel of God—he knows everything that happens in the land.^(C)”

²¹The king said to Joab, “Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

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