2 Samuel 14
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter Summary
The woman of Tekoah pretends to be a widow. She asks for Absalom to come back to Jerusalem. Absalom's beauty. After two years, Joab brings Absalom to the king's presence.
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People & Context
Zeruiah's son who perceives David's longing for Absalom and engineers the wise woman's appeal to recall him.
The king who grants the woman's plea, sees through Joab's design, and finally summons Absalom and kisses him.
David's exiled son, famed for flawless beauty and heavy hair, brought back from Geshur and at last received by the king.
The wise woman of Tekoah coached by Joab to plead a parable of a widow's surviving son before David.
Absalom's beautiful daughter, named after his sister; born to him in Jerusalem.
Timeline
Knowing David longs for Absalom, Joab sends a wise woman from Tekoah, dressed in mourning, to tell the king a fabricated story to change his mind.
2 Samuel 14:1-3The woman tells David a story of her two sons fighting, one killing the other, and the family demanding the surviving son's death. David promises to protect her son.
2 Samuel 14:4-11The woman reveals the parable is about David and Absalom, rebuking the king for not bringing back his outcast son.
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