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2 Samuel 14:1-3

David Permits Absalom to Return to Jerusalem

14:1 Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see¹ Absalom. 14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning² 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.³ 14:3 Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say.⁴

¹tn Heb “the heart of the king was upon.” The Syriac Peshitta adds the verb ’ethre’i (“was reconciled”).

²tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.

³tn Heb “these many days.”

⁴tn Heb “put the words in her mouth” (so NASB, NIV).

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