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2 Samuel 14:1-3
New English Translation
2 Samuel 14:1-3
New English Translation
David Permits Absalom to Return to Jerusalem
14 Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see[a] Absalom. 2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning[b] and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time.[c] 3 Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say.[d]
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- 2 Samuel 14:1 tn Heb “the heart of the king was upon.” The Syriac Peshitta adds the verb ʾethreʿi (“was reconciled”).
- 2 Samuel 14:2 tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.
- 2 Samuel 14:2 tn Heb “these many days.”
- 2 Samuel 14:3 tn Heb “put the words in her mouth” (so NASB, NIV).
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