Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation so he sent for a clever woman who lived in Tekoa. When she arrived, he said to her, "Pretend that you are in mourning; put on your mourning clothes, and don't comb your hair. Act like a woman who has been in mourning for a long time. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead. 2 Chronicles 11:6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue, 2 Chronicles 20:20 And they rose early in the morning, and went out through the desert of Thecua: and as they were marching, Josaphat standing in the midst of them, said: Hear me, ye men of Juda, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be secure: believe his prophets, and all things shall succeed well. Nehemiah 3:5,27 And next to them the Thecuites built: but their great men did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. . . . Jeremiah 6:1 Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction. Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Thecua: which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the earthquake. Tekoa 2 Samuel 11:26 And the wife of Urias heard that Urias her husband was dead, and she mourned for him. Ruth 3:3 Wash thyself therefore and anoint thee, and put on thy best garments, and go down to the barnfloor: but let not the man see thee, till he shall have done eating and drinking. Psalm 104:15 And that wine may cheer the heart of man. That he may make the face cheerful with oil: and that bread may strengthen man's heart. Ecclesiastes 9:8 At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head. Matthew 6:17 But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face; Context Absalom's Return to Jerusalem1And Joab the son of Sarvia, understanding that the king's heart was turned to Absalom, 2Sent to Thecua, and fetched from thence a wise woman: and said to her: Feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, and be not anointed with oil, that thou mayest be as a woman that had a long time been mourning for one dead.3And thou shalt go in to the king, and shalt speak to him in this manner. And Joab put the words in her mouth.… Cross References 2 Samuel 12:20 Then David arose from the ground, and washed and anointed himself: and when he had changed his apparel, he went into the house of the Lord: and worshipped, and then he came into his own house, and he called for bread, and ate. 2 Samuel 20:16 And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee. 2 Samuel 23:26 Heles of Phalti, Hira the son of Acces of Thecua, 1 Kings 14:2 And Jeroboam said to his wife: Arise, and change thy dress, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Silo, where Ahias, the prophet is, who told me that I should reign over this people. 1 Kings 14:5 And the Lord said to Ahias: Behold the wife of Jeroboam cometh in, to consult thee concerning her son, that is sick: thus and thus shalt thou speak to her. So when she was coming in, and made as if she were another woman, 2 Chronicles 11:6 And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Thecue, Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Thecua: which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the earthquake. Jump to Previous Act Anoint Apparel Clothing Dead Feign Fetched Joab Mourned Mourner Mourning Oil Please Pretend Tekoa Tekoah Thence Thyself Time WiseJump to Next Act Anoint Apparel Clothing Dead Feign Fetched Joab Mourned Mourner Mourning Oil Please Pretend Tekoa Tekoah Thence Thyself Time WiseLinks 2 Samuel 14:2 NIV2 Samuel 14:2 NLT 2 Samuel 14:2 ESV 2 Samuel 14:2 NASB 2 Samuel 14:2 Bible Apps 2 Samuel 14:2 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 14:2 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 14:2 French Bible 2 Samuel 14:2 German Bible Alphabetical: a Act and anoint any are be been brought but clothes cosmetic days dead do don't Dress for from garments grieving had has He her in Joab like lotions many mourner mourning not now oil on Please Pretend put said sent So someone spent Tekoa the there to use who wise with woman you yourself OT History: 2 Samuel 14:2 Joab sent to Tekoa and fetched there (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |