Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
Joab son of Zeruial
knoweth
that the heart of
the
king
`is'
on
Absalom ,
Now
Joab the
son of Zeruiah
perceived
that the king's
heart was
toward
Absalom .
and Joab sendeth
to Tekoah, and taketh
thence a wise woman, and saith
unto her, `
Feign thyself a mourner, I
pray
thee,
and put on ,
I
pray
thee,
garments
of
mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and
thou
hast
been
as a woman these
many
days
mourning
for the dead ,
And Joab sent
to Tekoah, and fetched
thence a wise woman, and said
unto her, I
pray
thee,
feign thyself to
be
a mourner, and put on now
mourning apparel
, and anoint not thyself with oil, but
be
as a woman that
had
a
long
time
mourned
for the dead :
and thou
hast
gone
unto
the king, and spoken
unto him ,
according
to
this
word;'
and
Joab putteth
the words into
her mouth.
And come
to
the king, and speak
on
this
manner
unto him .
So
Joab put
the words in
her mouth.
And the woman of Tekoah speaketh
unto
the king, and
falleth
on her face to the earth
, and doth
obeisance, and saith
, `Save
, O king. '
And when
the woman of Tekoah spake
to
the king, she
fell
on her face to the ground
, and did
obeisance, and said
, Help
, O king.
And the king saith
to
her, `
What --
to
thee? '
and she saith
, `Truly
a widow woman `am'
I
, and my
husband dieth,
And the king said
unto
her, What aileth
thee? And she answered
, I
am
indeed
a widow woman, and mine
husband is
dead.
and thy maid-servant
hath
two sons ;
and they strive
both
of
them
in a
field, and there is
no
deliverer
between
them, and
the one smiteth
the other, and putteth
him to
death;
And thy handmaid
had
two sons ,
and they two
strove
together
in the
field, and there was
none
to
part
them, but
the one smote
the other, and slew
him .
and lo
, the whole family hath
risen against thy
maid-servant
, and say
, Give
up
him who
smiteth
his brother, and
we put
him to
death
for the life of his brother whom he hath
slain,
and we destroy also
the heir ;
and they have
quenched
my coal which is left --
so
as
not to
set
to my husband a
name and
remnant
on
the
face
of
the ground
. '
And, behold,
the whole family is
risen against thine
handmaid
, and they
said
, Deliver
him that
smote
his brother, that
we may
kill
him ,
for the life of his brother whom he slew;
and we will
destroy the heir also:
and so
they shall
quench
my coal which is left ,
and
shall
not leave
to my husband neither
name nor
remainder
upon
the earth
.
And the king saith
unto the woman, `
Go to thine house, and I give charge concerning thee. '
And the king said
unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will
give charge concerning thee.
And the woman of Tekoah saith
unto the king, `On
me,
my lord, O king, `is'
the iniquity, and on the
house
of
my father;
and the king and his throne `are'
innocent
. '
And the woman of Tekoah said
unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be
on
me
, and on my father's
house:
and the king and his throne be
guiltless
.
And the king saith
, `He
who
speaketh
`aught'
unto thee, and
thou
hast
brought
him unto
me, then
he doth
not add
any more to
come
against
thee
. '
And the king said
, Whoever
saith
ought
unto thee, bring
him to
me, and
he shall
not touch
thee
any more.
And
she saith
, `Let,
I pray thee, the king remember by
Jehovah
thy God, that the redeemer
of blood add
not
to destroy, and
they destroy not
my son ;'
and he saith
, `Jehovah
liveth ;
if
there doth
fall
of
the
hair of thy son to the earth. '
Then
said
she, I pray thee, let
the king remember the
LORD
thy God, that thou
wouldest
not
suffer
the revengers
of blood to destroy any
more
, lest
they destroy my son .
And he said
, As
the
LORD
liveth ,
there shall
not
one
hair of thy son fall
to the earth.
And
the woman saith
, `
Let, I pray thee, thy
maid-servant
speak unto my lord the king a
word;'
and he saith
, `Speak
. '
Then
the woman said
, Let thine
handmaid
, I pray thee, speak one
word
unto my lord the king .
And he said
, Say
on
.
And the woman saith
, `And
why
hast thou thought thus
concerning
the people of God? yea,
the king is
speaking
this thing as a
guilty
one, in that the king hath
not brought
back
his outcast;
And the woman said
, Wherefore
then
hast thou thought such
a
thing
against
the people of God? for
the king doth
speak
this thing as one which
is
faulty
, in that the king doth
not fetch
home
again
his banished.
for we do
surely
die, and `
are '
as water which
is
running
down
to
the earth
, which is
not
gathered ,
and
God
doth not
accept
a
person, and
hath
devised
devices
in
that the
outcast
is
not outcast
by
Him.
For we must
needs
die, and are as water spilt
on
the ground
, which cannot
be
gathered up
again;
neither
doth God
respect
any
person :
yet
doth
he
devise
means
, that his
banished
be
not expelled
from
him.
`And
now that I have
come to speak unto the
king
my lord this
word
, `
it is '
because the people made me afraid ,
and thy maid-servant
saith,
Let
me
speak
, I pray
thee,
unto the king; it may be the king doth
do
the word
of his handmaid ,
Now therefore
that I am
come to speak of
this
thing
unto my lord the
king
, it is because the people have
made me afraid :
and thy handmaid
said
, I will
now
speak
unto the king; it may be that
the king will
perform
the request
of his handmaid .
for the king doth
hearken
to deliver his handmaid out of the paw
of the man `seeking'
to
destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God ,
For the king will
hear,
to deliver his handmaid out of the hand
of the man that
would
destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God .
and
thy
maid-servant
saith,
Let,
I
pray
thee
, the word of my lord the king be for
ease;
for as a
messenger
of God so `
is '
my lord the king ,
to understand
the
good and the evil;
and
Jehovah
thy God is
with thee. '
Then
thine
handmaid
said
, The word of my lord the king shall
now
be comfortable:
for as an
angel
of God ,
so is my lord the king to discern
good and bad:
therefore
the LORD
thy God will
be
with thee.
And
the king answereth
and saith
unto the woman, `Do
not, I pray thee, hide
from
me
the thing that I am
asking
thee ;'
and the woman saith
, `
Let ,
I
pray
thee,
my lord the king speak. '
Then
the king answered
and said
unto the woman, Hide
not from
me
, I pray thee, the thing that I shall
ask
thee .
And the woman said
, Let my lord the king now
speak.
And the king saith
, `
Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this? '
And the woman answereth
and saith
, `
Thy soul liveth, my lord ,
O
king, none `doth
turn '
to the right or to the left from all
that my lord the king hath spoken ;
for thy servant Joab he commanded
me, and he put in the mouth of thy
maid-servant
all
these
words;
And the king said
, Is not
the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered
and said
, As
thy soul liveth, my lord the
king, none can
turn to the right hand
or to the left from ought
that my lord the king hath spoken :
for thy servant Joab ,
he bade
me, and he put all
these
words
in the mouth of thine
handmaid:
in
order
to bring
round
the
appearance
of the
thing
hath thy servant Joab done this thing ,
and my lord `
is '
wise, according to the wisdom of a
messenger
of God, to know all that `is'
in the land
. '
To fetch
about
this
form
of speech
hath thy servant Joab done this thing :
and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an
angel
of God, to know all things
that are
in the earth
.
And the king saith
unto Joab, `Lo
, I pray
thee,
thou
hast
done this thing ;
and
go, bring back
the young man Absalom. '
And the king said
unto Joab, Behold
now
, I have
done this thing :
go therefore
, bring the young man Absalom again
.
And Joab falleth
on his face to
the
earth
, and doth
obeisance
, and blesseth
the king ,
and Joab saith
, `
To -
day hath
thy servant known
that I have found grace in thine
eyes
, my lord, O king, in that the king hath done
the word
of his servant. '
And Joab fell
to
the
ground
on his face, and bowed
himself
, and thanked
the king :
and Joab said
, To day thy servant knoweth
that I have found grace in thy
sight
, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled
the request
of his servant.
And
Joab riseth
and goeth
to Geshur, and bringeth
in
Absalom to Jerusalem ,
So
Joab arose
and went
to Geshur, and brought
Absalom to Jerusalem .
and the king saith
, `
Let him turn round
unto
his house, and my
face
he
doth
not see. '
And
Absalom turneth
round
unto
his house, and the face of
the
king
he
hath
not
seen
.
And the king said
, Let him turn to
his own
house, and let
him
not see my
face
. So
Absalom returned
to
his own
house, and saw
not
the king's
face.
And
like
Absalom
there
was
no
man
`so'
fair
in all Israel ,
to praise
greatly;
from the sole of his foot even unto
his
crown there was no blemish in him ;
But
in all Israel there
was
none
to be
so
much
praised
as
Absalom
for
his
beauty:
from the sole of his foot even to
the
crown of
his
head
there was no blemish in him .
and in
his
polling
his head --
and
it hath
been
at the
end of
year
by
year
that he polleth
`it',
for
it `is'
heavy on him, and
he hath
polled it --
he hath
even
weighed out
the hair of his head --
two hundred shekels by
the king's weight.
And when
he
polled
his head ,
(for
it was
at every
year's
end that he polled
it :
because
the
hair
was
heavy on him, therefore
he polled it :)
he weighed the hair of his head at
two hundred shekels after
the king's weight.
And there are
born to
Absalom
three sons, and one daughter, and
her
name `is'
Tamar ;
she was a woman of a fair appearance
.
And unto
Absalom
there were
born three sons, and one daughter, whose
name was
Tamar :
she was a woman of a fair countenance
.
And
Absalom dwelleth
in
Jerusalem
two years of
days
, and the face of
the
king
he
hath
not
seen;
So
Absalom dwelt
two full
years in
Jerusalem
, and saw
not
the king's
face .
and
Absalom sendeth
unto
Joab, to send
him unto
the king ,
and
he hath
not been
willing
to
come unto
him ;
and he sendeth
again a
second time, and
he hath
not been
willing
to
come.
Therefore
Absalom sent
for
Joab, to have
sent
him to
the king ;
but
he would
not come to
him :
and when
he sent
again the
second time, he would
not come.
And
he saith
unto his servants, `
See, the
portion
of
Joab
`
is '
by
the
side
of
mine, and he hath barley there; go ,
and burn
it with
fire ;'
and the
servants of
Absalom
burn
the portion
with
fire.
Therefore
he said
unto his servants, See, Joab's
field
is near
mine, and he hath barley there; go and set
it on
fire .
And Absalom's
servants set
the field
on
fire.
And
Joab riseth
and cometh
unto
Absalom in
the
house, and saith
unto him, `Why
have thy servants burned
the
portion
that
I
have
with
fire? '
Then
Joab arose,
and came
to
Absalom unto
his
house, and said
unto him, Wherefore
have thy servants set
my
field
on
fire?
And Absalom saith
unto
Joab, `Lo
, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, and
I send thee unto
the king to say, Why
have
I come in
from Geshur? --
good for me while
I
`am'
there --
and
now ,
let me see the king's face ,
and if there is
in me iniquity
then
thou
hast
put
me to
death
. '
And Absalom answered
Joab, Behold
, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that
I may
send thee to
the king ,
to say, Wherefore
am
I come from Geshur? it
had
been
good for me to
have
been
there still:
now therefore
let me see the king's face ;
and if there be
any
iniquity
in me ,
let
him
kill
me.
And
Joab cometh
unto
the king, and declareth
`it'
to
him ,
and he calleth
unto
Absalom, and
he cometh
unto
the king, and boweth
himself to
him,
on his face ,
to the earth,
before the king ,
and the king giveth
a
kiss
to
Absalom.
So
Joab came
to
the king, and told
him :
and when
he had
called
for
Absalom, he came
to
the king, and bowed
himself on his face to the ground
before the king :
and the king kissed
Absalom.
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