So Joab sent a messenger to (A)Tekoa and [a]brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please follow mourning rites, and put on mourning garments now, and do not (B)anoint yourself with oil but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for many days.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:2 Lit took

The Coming Destruction of Jerusalem

“Flee to safety, you sons of (A)Benjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a warning signal over [a](B)Beth-haccerem;
For evil looks down from the (C)north,
Along with a great destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:1 I.e., house of the vineyard

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