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2 Samuel 14:2-4
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 14:2-4
English Standard Version
2 And Joab sent to (A)Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, “Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. (B)Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead. 3 Go to the king and speak thus to him.” So Joab (C)put the words in her mouth.
4 When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, (D)she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, (E)“Save me, O king.”
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