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2 Samuel 14:1-7
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2 Samuel 14:1-7
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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.”
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 14:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts spoke
2 Samuel 14:1-7
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2 Samuel 14:1-7
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.
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2 Samuel 14:1-7
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2 Samuel 14:1-7
Dios Habla Hoy
Joab consigue que vuelva Absalón
14 Joab, hijo de Seruiá, sabía que el rey echaba mucho de menos a Absalón, 2 así que mandó traer de Tecoa a una mujer muy astuta que allí vivía. Le dijo: «Finge que estás de duelo y vístete de luto; y no te eches perfume, pues debes parecer una mujer que durante mucho tiempo ha estado de luto por algún muerto. 3 Luego preséntate ante el rey y repite exactamente lo que te voy a decir.»
Luego que Joab le dijo lo que tenía que repetir, 4 aquella mujer de Tecoa fue ante el rey, e inclinándose hasta tocar el suelo con la frente en señal de reverencia, le dijo:
—¡Dígnese Su Majestad ayudarme!
5 —¿Qué te pasa? —le preguntó el rey.
Ella respondió:
—Yo soy viuda, mi marido ha muerto, 6 y dos hijos que tenía esta servidora de Su Majestad tuvieron una pelea en el campo; y como no hubo quien los separara, uno de ellos hirió al otro y lo mató. 7 Y ahora todos mis parientes se han puesto en contra mía y quieren que yo les entregue al que mató a su hermano, para vengar la muerte del que fue asesinado y al mismo tiempo quitar de en medio al único heredero. Así van a apagar la única brasa que me ha quedado, y van a dejar a mi marido sin ningún descendiente que lleve su nombre en la tierra.
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