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2 Samuel 14
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2 Samuel 14
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Joab y la mujer de Tecoa
14 Joab, hijo de Sarvia, comprendió que el corazón del rey se inclinaba hacia Absalón(A). 2 Y Joab envió a Tecoa(B) a traer[a] a una mujer sabia de allí, y le dijo: «Te ruego que finjas estar de duelo, te pongas ahora ropas de luto y no te unjas con óleo, sino pórtate como una mujer que por muchos días ha estado de duelo por un muerto(C); 3 después ve al rey y háblale de esta manera». Y Joab puso las palabras en su boca(D).
4 Cuando la mujer de Tecoa habló[b] al rey, cayó sobre su rostro en tierra, y postrándose(E), dijo: «¡Ayúdeme, oh rey(F)!». 5 «¿Qué te sucede?», le dijo el rey. Ella le respondió: «Ciertamente soy viuda, pues mi marido ha muerto. 6 Su sierva tenía dos hijos; lucharon entre sí en el campo, y no habiendo quien los apartara[c], uno hirió al otro y lo mató. 7 Y toda la familia se ha levantado contra su sierva, y dicen: “Entrega al que hirió a su hermano, para que le demos muerte por la vida de su hermano a quien mató(G), y destruyamos al heredero también(H)”. Así extinguirán el ascua que me queda, no dejando[d] a mi marido nombre ni remanente sobre la superficie de la tierra».
8 «Ve a tu casa, y daré órdenes respecto a ti», el rey respondió a la mujer. 9 Y la mujer de Tecoa dijo al rey: «Oh rey mi señor(I), la iniquidad sea sobre mí y sobre la casa de mi padre, pero el rey y su trono sean sin culpa(J)». 10 «Cualquiera que te hable, tráemelo, y no te molestará más», dijo el rey. 11 Y ella dijo: «Le ruego, oh rey, que se acuerde del Señor su Dios, para que el vengador de sangre no aumente el daño(K), no sea que destruya a mi hijo». Y él dijo: «Vive el Señor, ni un pelo de tu hijo caerá a tierra(L)».
12 Dijo entonces la mujer: «Permita que su sierva diga una palabra a mi señor el rey». «Habla», le dijo David. 13 Y la mujer dijo: «¿Por qué, pues, ha pensado tal cosa contra el pueblo de Dios(M)? Porque al decir esta palabra, el rey se hace como uno que es culpable, ya que el rey no hace volver a su desterrado(N). 14 Pues ciertamente moriremos(O); somos como el agua derramada(P) en tierra que no se vuelve a recoger. Pero Dios no quita la vida, sino designa medios para que el desterrado no sea alejado de él(Q). 15 Ahora, la razón por la cual[e] he venido a decir esta palabra a mi señor el rey, es porque el pueblo me ha atemorizado; por eso su sierva se dijo: “Hablaré ahora al rey, tal vez el rey cumpla la petición[f] de su sierva. 16 Pues el rey oirá y librará[g] a su sierva de mano[h] del hombre que destruiría a ambos[i], a mí y a mi hijo, de la heredad de Dios(R)”. 17 Se dijo además su sierva: “Sea de consuelo[j] la palabra de mi señor el rey, pues como el ángel de Dios, así es mi señor el rey para discernir el bien(S) y el mal. ¡Que el Señor su Dios sea con usted!”».
18 Respondió el rey y dijo a la mujer: «Te ruego que no me ocultes nada de lo que voy a preguntarte». «Hable mi señor el rey», le dijo la mujer. 19 Y el rey dijo: «¿Está contigo la mano de Joab en todo esto?». Y la mujer respondió: «Vive su alma, mi señor el rey, nadie puede desviarse ni a la derecha ni a la izquierda de todo lo que mi señor el rey ha hablado. En verdad fue su siervo Joab quien me mandó, y fue él quien puso todas estas palabras en boca de su sierva(T); 20 su siervo Joab ha hecho esto con el fin de cambiar el aspecto de las cosas. Pero mi señor es sabio, como con la sabiduría del ángel de Dios(U), para saber todo lo que hay en la tierra».
Regreso de Absalón
21 Entonces el rey dijo a Joab: «Mira, ciertamente ahora haré esto; ve y trae al joven Absalón(V)». 22 Joab cayó rostro en tierra, y postrándose, bendijo al rey. Entonces Joab dijo: «Oh rey mi señor, hoy su siervo sabe que he hallado gracia ante sus ojos, puesto que el rey ha concedido la petición[k] de su siervo». 23 Joab se levantó, fue a Gesur y trajo a Absalón(W) a Jerusalén. 24 Pero el rey dijo: «Que vuelva a su casa y no vea mi rostro». Y Absalón(X) volvió a su casa, y no vio el rostro del rey.
25 En todo Israel no había nadie tan bien parecido ni tan celebrado como Absalón. Desde la planta de su pie hasta su coronilla no había defecto en él(Y). 26 Cuando se cortaba el cabello(Z) (y era al final de cada año que se lo cortaba, pues le pesaba mucho y por eso se lo cortaba), el cabello pesaba 200 siclos (2.3 kilos) según el peso real. 27 A Absalón le nacieron tres hijos(AA) y una hija que se llamaba Tamar; ella era una mujer de hermosa apariencia(AB).
28 Absalón residió dos años completos en Jerusalén sin ver el rostro del rey(AC). 29 Entonces Absalón mandó a buscar a Joab para enviarlo al rey, pero él no quiso venir. Y por segunda vez envió por él, pero no quiso venir. 30 Dijo, pues, a sus siervos: «Miren, el campo[l] de Joab está junto al mío(AD), y allí tiene cebada; vayan y préndanle fuego». Y los siervos de Absalón prendieron fuego al campo[m]. 31 Entonces Joab se levantó, vino a la casa de Absalón y le dijo: «¿Por qué tus siervos han prendido fuego a mi campo[n]?». 32 Y Absalón respondió a Joab: «Mira, mandé a decirte: “Ven acá, para enviarte al rey a decirle: ‘¿Para qué vine de Gesur? Mejor me hubiera sido estar aún allá’”. Ahora pues, vea yo el rostro del rey; y si hay iniquidad en mí, que me dé muerte(AE)». 33 Cuando Joab vino al rey y le hizo saber esto, llamó a Absalón, quien vino ante el rey y se postró sobre su rostro en tierra delante del rey. Y el rey besó a Absalón(AF).
Footnotes
- 14:2 Lit. y tomó.
- 14:4 Muchos mss. y versiones antiguas dicen: vino.
- 14:6 Lit. libertador entre ellos.
- 14:7 Lit. no poniendo.
- 14:15 Lit. Y ahora que.
- 14:15 Lit. palabra.
- 14:16 Lit. para librar.
- 14:16 Lit. palma.
- 14:16 Lit. juntos.
- 14:17 Lit. para descanso.
- 14:22 Lit. palabra.
- 14:30 Lit. la porción.
- 14:30 Lit. a la porción.
- 14:31 Lit. porción.
2 Samuel 14
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2 Samuel 14
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Absalón regresa a Jerusalén
14 Joab, hijo de Sarvia, se dio cuenta de que el rey extrañaba mucho a Absalón. 2 Por eso mandó traer a una mujer muy astuta, la cual vivía en Tecoa, y dijo:
—Quiero que te vistas de luto y que no te eches perfume, sino que finjas estar de duelo, como si llevaras mucho tiempo llorando la muerte de alguien.
3 Luego Joab le ordenó presentarse ante el rey, explicándole antes lo que tenía que decirle. 4 Cuando aquella mujer de Tecoa se presentó ante el rey,[a] hizo una reverencia y se postró rostro en tierra.
—¡Ayúdeme, Su Majestad! —exclamó.
5 —¿Qué te pasa? —preguntó el rey.
—Soy una pobre viuda —respondió ella—; mi esposo ha muerto. 6 Esta servidora suya tenía dos hijos, los cuales se pusieron a pelear en el campo. Como no había nadie que los separara, uno de ellos le asestó un golpe al otro y lo mató. 7 Pero ahora resulta que toda la familia se ha puesto en contra de esta servidora suya. Me exigen que entregue al asesino para que lo maten, y así vengar la muerte de su hermano, aunque al hacerlo eliminen al heredero. La verdad es que de esa manera apagarían la última luz de esperanza que me queda, y dejarían a mi esposo sin nombre ni descendencia sobre la tierra.
8 —Regresa a tu casa, que yo me encargaré de este asunto —respondió el rey.
9 Pero la mujer de Tecoa respondió:
—Mi señor y rey, que la culpa caiga sobre mí y sobre mi familia, y no sobre el rey ni su trono.
10 —Si alguien te amenaza —insistió el rey—, tráemelo para que no vuelva a molestarte.
11 Entonces ella suplicó:
—¡Ruego a Su Majestad invocar al Señor su Dios, para que quien deba vengar la muerte de mi hijo no aumente mi desgracia matando a mi otro hijo!
—¡Tan cierto como que el Señor vive —respondió el rey—, te aseguro que tu hijo no perderá ni un solo cabello!
12 Pero la mujer siguió diciendo:
—Permita mi señor y rey que esta servidora suya diga algo más.
—Habla.
13 —¿Cómo es que intenta usted hacer lo mismo contra el pueblo de Dios? Al prometerme el rey estas cosas, se declara culpable, pues no deja regresar a su hijo desterrado. 14 Así como el agua que se derrama en tierra no se puede recoger, así también todos tenemos que morir. Pero Dios no nos arrebata la vida, sino que provee los medios para que el desterrado no siga separado de él para siempre.
15 »Yo he venido a hablar con mi señor el rey porque hay gente que me ha infundido temor. He pensado: “Voy a hablarle al rey; tal vez me conceda lo que le pida, 16 librándonos a mí y a mi hijo de quien quiere eliminarnos, para quedarse con la heredad que Dios nos ha dado”.
17 »Pensé, además, que su palabra me traería alivio, pues mi señor el rey es como un ángel de Dios, que sabe distinguir entre lo bueno y lo malo. ¡Que el Señor su Dios esté con usted!».
18 Al llegar a este punto, el rey dijo a la mujer:
—Voy a hacerte una pregunta y te pido que no me ocultes nada.
—Dígame usted.
19 —¿Acaso no está Joab detrás de todo esto?
La mujer respondió:
—Tan cierto como que mi señor y rey vive, su pregunta ha dado en el blanco.[b] En efecto, fue su siervo Joab quien me instruyó y puso en mis labios todo lo que he dicho. 20 Lo hizo con el propósito de cambiar la situación, pero mi señor tiene la sabiduría de un ángel de Dios y sabe todo lo que sucede en el país.
21 Entonces el rey llamó a Joab y le dijo:
—Estoy de acuerdo. Anda, haz que regrese el joven Absalón.
22 Postrándose rostro en tierra, Joab hizo una reverencia al rey y le dio las gracias, añadiendo:
—Hoy sé que cuento con el favor de mi señor y rey, pues usted ha accedido a mi petición.
23 Dicho esto, Joab emprendió la marcha a Guesur y regresó a Jerusalén con Absalón. 24 Pero el rey dio esta orden: «Que se retire a su casa y que nunca me visite». Por tanto, Absalón tuvo que irse a su casa sin presentarse ante el rey.
25 En todo Israel no había ningún hombre tan admirado como Absalón por su hermosura; era perfecto de pies a cabeza. 26 Tenía una cabellera tan pesada que una vez al año tenía que cortársela; y según la medida oficial, el pelo cortado pesaba doscientos siclos.[c]
27 Además, tuvo tres hijos y una hija. Su hija, que se llamaba Tamar, llegó a ser una mujer muy hermosa.
28 Absalón vivió en Jerusalén durante dos años sin presentarse ante el rey. 29 Un día, pidió a Joab que fuera a ver al rey, pero Joab no quiso ir. Se lo volvió a pedir, pero Joab se negó a hacerlo. 30 Así que Absalón dio esta orden a sus criados: «Miren, Joab ha sembrado cebada en el campo que tiene junto al mío. ¡Vayan y préndanle fuego!».
Los criados fueron e incendiaron el campo de Joab.
31 Entonces, este fue enseguida a casa de Absalón y reclamó:
—¿Por qué tus criados han prendido fuego a mi campo?
32 Y Absalón respondió:
—Te pedí que fueras a ver al rey y le preguntaras para qué he vuelto de Guesur. ¡Más me habría valido quedarme allá! Voy a presentarme ante el rey y si soy culpable de algo, ¡que me mate!
33 Joab fue a comunicárselo al rey. Este mandó llamar a Absalón, quien se presentó ante el rey, hizo una reverencia y se postró rostro en tierra. A su vez, el rey recibió a Absalón con un beso.
2 Samuel 14
Good News Translation
2 Samuel 14
Good News Translation
Joab Arranges for Absalom's Return
14 Joab knew that King David missed Absalom very much, 2 so he sent for a clever woman who lived in Tekoa. When she arrived, he said to her, “Pretend that you are in mourning; put on your mourning clothes, and don't comb your hair. Act like a woman who has been in mourning for a long time. 3 Then go to the king and say to him what I tell you to say.” Then Joab told her what to say.
4 The woman went to the king, bowed down to the ground in respect, and said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
5 “What do you want?” he asked her.
“I am a poor widow, sir,” she answered. “My husband is dead. 6 Sir, I had two sons, and one day they got into a quarrel out in the fields, where there was no one to separate them, and one of them killed the other. 7 And now, sir, all my relatives have turned against me and are demanding that I hand my son over to them, so that they can kill him for murdering his brother. If they do this, I will be left without a son. They will destroy my last hope and leave my husband without a son to keep his name alive.”
8 “Go back home,” the king answered, “and I will take care of the matter.”
9 “Your Majesty,” she said, “whatever you do, my family and I will take the blame; you and the royal family are innocent.”
10 The king replied, “If anyone threatens you, bring him to me, and he will never bother you again.”
11 She said, “Your Majesty, please pray to the Lord your God, so that my relative who is responsible for avenging the death of my son will not commit a greater crime by killing my other son.”
“I promise by the living Lord,” David replied, “that your son will not be harmed in the least.”
12 “Please, Your Majesty, let me say just one more thing,” the woman said.
“All right,” he answered.
13 She said to him, “Why have you done such a wrong to God's people? You have not allowed your own son to return from exile, and so you have condemned yourself by what you have just said. 14 We will all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which can't be gathered again. Even God does not bring the dead back to life, but the king can at least find a way to bring a man back from exile.[a] 15 Now, Your Majesty, the reason I have come to speak to you is that the people threatened me, and so I said to myself that I would speak to you in the hope that you would do what I ask. 16 I thought you would listen to me and save me from the one who is trying to kill my son and me and so remove us from the land God gave his people. 17 (A)I said to myself that your promise, sir, would make me safe, because the king is like God's angel and can distinguish good from evil.[b] May the Lord your God be with you!”
18 The king answered, “I'm going to ask you a question, and you must tell me the whole truth.”
“Ask me anything, Your Majesty,” she answered.
19 “Did Joab put you up to this?” he asked her.
She answered, “I swear by all that is sacred, Your Majesty, that there is no way to avoid answering your question.[c] It was indeed your officer Joab who told me what to do and what to say. 20 But he did it in order to straighten out this whole matter. Your Majesty is as wise as the angel of God and knows everything that happens.”
21 Later on the king said to Joab, “I have decided to do what you want. Go and get the young man Absalom and bring him back here.”
22 Joab threw himself to the ground in front of David in respect, and said, “God bless you, Your Majesty! Now I know that you are pleased with me, because you have granted my request.” 23 Then he got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24 The king, however, gave orders that Absalom should not live in the palace. “I don't want to see him,” the king said. So Absalom lived in his own house and did not appear before the king.
Absalom Is Reconciled to David
25 There was no one in Israel as famous for his good looks as Absalom; he had no defect from head to toe. 26 His hair was very thick, and he had to cut it once a year, when it grew too long and heavy. It would weigh about five pounds according to the royal standard of weights. 27 Absalom had three sons and one daughter named Tamar, a very beautiful woman.
28 Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king. 29 Then he sent for Joab, to ask him to go to the king for him; but Joab would not come. Again Absalom sent for him, and again Joab refused to come. 30 So Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab's field is next to mine, and it has barley growing in it. Go and set fire to it.” So they went and set the field on fire.
31 Joab went to Absalom's house and demanded, “Why did your servants set fire to my field?”
32 Absalom answered, “Because you wouldn't come when I sent for you. I wanted you to go to the king and ask for me: ‘Why did I leave Geshur and come here? It would have been better for me to have stayed there.’” And Absalom went on, “I want you to arrange for me to see the king, and if I'm guilty, then let him put me to death.”
33 So Joab went to King David and told him what Absalom had said. The king sent for Absalom, who went to him and bowed down to the ground in front of him. The king welcomed him with a kiss.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:14 Probable text Even God … from exile; Hebrew unclear.
- 2 Samuel 14:17 can distinguish good from evil; or knows everything.
- 2 Samuel 14:19 there is … question; or you are absolutely right.
2 Samuel 14
New International Version
2 Samuel 14
New International Version
Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
14 Joab(A) son of Zeruiah knew that the king’s heart longed for Absalom. 2 So Joab sent someone to Tekoa(B) and had a wise woman(C) brought from there. He said to her, “Pretend you are in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes, and don’t use any cosmetic lotions.(D) Act like a woman who has spent many days grieving for the dead. 3 Then go to the king and speak these words to him.” And Joab(E) put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman from Tekoa went[a] to the king, she fell with her face to the ground to pay him honor, and she said, “Help me, Your Majesty!”
5 The king asked her, “What is troubling you?”
She said, “I am a widow; my husband is dead. 6 I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him. 7 Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death(F) for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir(G) as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left,(H) leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”
8 The king said to the woman, “Go home,(I) and I will issue an order in your behalf.”
9 But the woman from Tekoa said to him, “Let my lord the king pardon(J) me and my family,(K) and let the king and his throne be without guilt.(L)”
10 The king replied, “If anyone says anything to you, bring them to me, and they will not bother you again.”
11 She said, “Then let the king invoke the Lord his God to prevent the avenger(M) of blood from adding to the destruction, so that my son will not be destroyed.”
“As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “not one hair(N) of your son’s head will fall to the ground.(O)”
12 Then the woman said, “Let your servant speak a word to my lord the king.”
“Speak,” he replied.
13 The woman said, “Why then have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself,(P) for the king has not brought back his banished son?(Q) 14 Like water(R) spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die.(S) But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person(T) does not remain banished from him.
15 “And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant’s request. 16 Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’(U)
17 “And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king secure my inheritance, for my lord the king is like an angel(V) of God in discerning(W) good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you.’”
18 Then the king said to the woman, “Don’t keep from me the answer to what I am going to ask you.”
“Let my lord the king speak,” the woman said.
19 The king asked, “Isn’t the hand of Joab(X) 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. 20 Your servant Joab did this to change the present situation. My lord has wisdom(Y) like that of an angel of God—he knows everything that happens in the land.(Z)”
21 The king said to Joab, “Very well, I will do it. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
22 Joab fell with his face to the ground to pay him honor, and he blessed the king.(AA) Joab said, “Today your servant knows that he has found favor in your eyes, my lord the king, because the king has granted his servant’s request.”
23 Then Joab went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. 24 But the king said, “He must go to his own house; he must not see my face.” So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the face of the king.
25 In all Israel there was not a man so highly praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the top of his head to the sole of his foot there was no blemish in him. 26 Whenever he cut the hair of his head(AB)—he used to cut his hair once a year because it became too heavy for him—he would weigh it, and its weight was two hundred shekels[b] by the royal standard.
27 Three sons(AC) and a daughter were born to Absalom. His daughter’s name was Tamar,(AD) and she became a beautiful woman.
28 Absalom lived two years in Jerusalem without seeing the king’s face. 29 Then Absalom sent for Joab in order to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So he sent a second time, but he refused to come. 30 Then he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley(AE) there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31 Then Joab did go to Absalom’s house, and he said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?(AF)”
32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent word to you and said, ‘Come here so I can send you to the king to ask, “Why have I come from Geshur?(AG) It would be better for me if I were still there!”’ Now then, I want to see the king’s face, and if I am guilty of anything, let him put me to death.”(AH)
33 So Joab went to the king and told him this. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came in and bowed down with his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed(AI) Absalom.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke
- 2 Samuel 14:26 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
2 Samuel 14
King James Version
2 Samuel 14
King James Version
14 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
3 And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth.
4 And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
5 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
6 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove 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 handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
8 And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
9 And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
10 And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, 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 revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
12 Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
13 And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished.
14 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.
15 Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
16 For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son 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 discern good and bad: therefore the Lord thy God will be with thee.
18 Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
19 And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
23 So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
24 And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face.
25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
27 And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance.
28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
30 Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.
31 Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
32 And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
33 So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
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