2 Samuel 14:1 - The Scriptures 2009

¹ And Yo’aḇ son of Tseruyah knew that the heart of the sovereign was towards Aḇshalom.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ NOW JOAB son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart was toward Absalom.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

Common English Bible

¹ Now Joab, Zeruiah’s son, could see that the king’s mind was on Absalom.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, understood that the heart of the king had been turned toward Absalom,

2 Samuel 14:1 Cross References

2 Samuel 13:39

Sovereign Dawiḏ then longed to go to Aḇshalom, for he had been comforted concerning Amnon, because he was dead.

2 Samuel 2:18

And there were three sons of Tseruyah there, Yo’aḇ and Aḇishai and Asah’ĕl. And Asah’ĕl was light on his feet, as one of the gazelles in the field.

Proverbs 29:26

Many seek the face of a ruler, But right-ruling for man comes from יהוה.

1 Chronicles 2:16

And their sisters: Tseruyah and Aḇiḡayil. And the sons of Tseruyah: Aḇishai, and Yo’aḇ, and Asah’ĕl, three.

2 Samuel 19:4

And the sovereign covered his face, and the sovereign cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Aḇshalom! O Aḇshalom, my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 19:2

So the deliverance that day was turned into mourning for all the people. For the people heard on that day, saying, “The sovereign has been grieved for his son.”

2 Samuel 18:33

And the sovereign was shaken, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said this, “O my son Aḇshalom! My son, my son Aḇshalom, if only I had died instead of you! O Aḇshalom my son, my son!”

2 Samuel 14:2

And Yo’aḇ sent to Teqowa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.