And Joab sent to Tekoa, and brought thence a [a]subtle woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to mourn, and now put on mourning apparel, and [b]anoint not thyself with oil: but be as a woman that had now long time mourned for the dead.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:2 Or, wife.
  2. 2 Samuel 14:2 In token of mourning: for they used anointing to seem cheerful.

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