2 Samuel 14:2 - The Scriptures 2009

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And Joab sent to Tekoah and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning apparel, do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has long been mourning for the dead.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that hath a long time mourned for the dead:

Common English Bible

² So Joab sent someone to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there. He said to her, “Pretend to be in mourning. Dress in mourning clothes. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has spent a long time mourning over someone who has died.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² so he sent to Tekoa, and he brought from there a wise woman. And he said to her: "Feign that you are in mourning, and put on the clothing of one who mourns. And do not anoint yourself with oil, so that you may be like a woman who is still grieving for someone who died some time ago.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² 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 Samuel 14:2 Cross References

Genesis 38:19

And she arose and went away, and removed her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood.

2 Samuel 11:26

And the wife of Uriyah heard that Uriyah her husband was dead, and she lamented for her husband.

2 Samuel 12:20

Dawiḏ then rose up from the ground, and washed and anointed himself, and changed his garments. And he went into the House of יהוה and bowed himself, then came to his own house, and asked, and they set food before him, so he ate.

2 Samuel 20:16

Then a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen, listen! Please say to Yo’aḇ, ‘Come nearby, so that I speak to you.’ ”

2 Samuel 23:26

Ḥelets the Paltite, Ira son of Iqqĕsh the Teqowite,

1 Kings 14:2

And Yaroḇ‛am said to his wife, “Please arise, and disguise yourself, so they do not know that you are the wife of Yaroḇ‛am, and go to Shiloh. See, Aḥiyah the prophet is there, who spoke to me of becoming sovereign over this people.

1 Kings 14:5

And יהוה had said to Aḥiyahu, “See, the wife of Yaroḇ‛am is coming to ask you a word about her son, for he is sick. Speak to her thus and thus. For it shall be, when she comes in, that she makes herself strange.”

2 Chronicles 11:6

And he built Bĕyth Leḥem, and Ěytam, and Teqowa,

2 Chronicles 20:20

And they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Teqowa. And as they went out, Yehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Yehuḏah and you inhabitants of Yerushalayim: Trust in יהוה your Elohim and be steadfast, trust His prophets and prosper.”

Nehemiah 3:27

After him the Teqowites strengthened another section, opposite the great projecting tower, and as far as the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:5

And at their hand the Teqowites strengthened, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Master.

Psalm 104:15

And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make the face shine, And bread which sustains man’s heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

Let your garments be white at all times, and let your head lack no oil.

Jeremiah 6:1

“O children of Binyamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Yerushalayim! Blow a shophar in Teqowa, and set up a signal-fire in Bĕyth Hakkerem, for evil has been seen from the north, and great destruction.

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Teqowa, which he saw concerning Yisra’ĕl in the days of Uzziyah sovereign of Yehuḏah, and in the days of Yaroḇ‛am son of Yo’ash, sovereign of Yisra’ĕl, two years before the earthquake.

Matthew 6:17

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Ruth 3:3

“And, you shall bathe and anoint yourself, and put your garments on and go down to the threshing-floor. Do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.